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The Only Guaranteed Way to Escape End-Time Catastrophes

CHAPTER 2

SUMMARY OF PROPHESIED END-TIME CATASTROPHES

As mentioned earlier, the world has reached the point when there is “no longer delay” in the beginning of the end of the end time events. But what are these catastrophic events? These are described in great detail in the author’s larger booklet titled “World in Bible Prophecy” and in summary form in the shorter booklet titled “Summary of Sequence of End-Time Events.” Here is a listing of these catastrophes as pictured in the messages of the seven seals.

1. The very next event is the Third World War that can begin at any time now. One fourth of humanity will lose their lives in this war and its aftermath of famines and diseases. This is pictured by the FIRST FOUR SEALS (Revelation 6:1-8).

2. Military defeat of the American/British/Jewish Alliance (ABJA) by a German led European and Roman Catholic Church alliance (identified in Bible prophecy as the seventh resurrection of the so-called ‘Holy Roman Empire’), itself allied with the Islamists and other nations of the world, and their slavery for three and a half years, known as the Great Tribulation. This is pictured by the FIFTH SEAL (Revelation 6:9-11). In this war two-thirds of the population of the ABJA is destroyed, one-third is enslaved of which only one tenth will ultimately come out alive through the Great Tribulation when Jesus Christ returns to earth and rescues them.

3. Just before the military defeat of the ABJA, members of God’s Church with a demonstrated Philadelphian attitude will be taken to a place of safety. THESE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE GUARANTEED TO COME OUT ALIVE THROUGH THE GREAT TRIBULATION. The remnant with a Laodicean attitude will unfortunately have to go through the Great Tribulation to demonstrate their loyalty and total commitment to God’s way of life by being martyred for it. Only 50% will remain loyal to God’s way of life till the very end. Virtually each and every one of this loyal remnant will be persecuted and martyred. The other 50% will compromise with the religion of the European dictator (known as the Beast, or King of the North) and the pope of the Roman Church (known variously as the false prophet, beast and little horn in prophecy). They may survive the first two and a half years of the Great Tribulation by this compromise, but they will all lose their lives in the events of the last one year of the Great Tribulation known as the “Day of the Lord.”

4. After the defeat of the American/British/Jewish alliance, the Islamists supported by the German dictator turn their sights on other nations descended from the biblical patriarch Jacob, also known as Israel. These nations are France, Ireland, Switzerland, Scandinavian and Benelux countries. However in this ongoing war, the Northwest Europeans are not defeated and enslaved, but they will likely lose 90% of their populations in all the catastrophes.

5. After two years of the defeat of the ABJA and beginning of the Great Tribulation, the alliance between the King of the North and the Islamists begins to break down. This provides some relief to the American, British and Jewish slaves.

6. Close to the end of the two and a half years of the Great Tribulation a great worldwide earthquake and frightening meteor showers signal the imminent start of the terrible events of the “Day of the Lord,” the one year of God’s wrath on the nations as pictured by the SIXTH SEAL (Revelation 6:12-17).

7. Near the end of two and a half years of the Great Tribulation, when the “Day of the Lord” is about to begin, God sends angels to seal 144,000 of the physical tribes of Israel (The American, the British, Jews worldwide – including those held captive - Scandinavian countries minus the Danes, Switzerland, Ireland and the Benelux countries) who were engaged in warning the world that the religion of the Beast and the False Prophet is a false religion of the devil and warning the world not to take part in it by worshipping the image or idol of the beast or they will be destroyed (Revelation 7:1-8). These 144,000 will later be changed to immortal beings (which will include some of the slaves) in the first resurrection at the return of Jesus Christ. Besides these, millions who did not give in to the false religion, did not worship the image of the beast or take his mark will be guaranteed protection during the events of the next year, known as the Day of the Lord (Revelation 7:9-17). GOD WILL GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL COME OUT ALIVE THROUGH THE EVENTS OF THE LAST ONE YEAR OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION and serve in His temple when Jesus Christ sets up God’s kingdom.

8. The 'Day of the Lord' which is the last one year of the three-and-a-half year long Great Tribulation begins. The first event in the 'Day of the Lord' is the attack of the King of the North on the leader of the Islamic Alliance, or the King of the South for "pushing at" him, leading to the defeat of the King of the South, pictured by the FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS OF THE SEVENTH SEAL (Revelation 8:1-12).

9. Next, the King of the North makes a pre-emptive strike on the nations of the east with biological weapons, as pictured by the FIFTH TRUMPET OF THE SEVENTH SEAL (Revelation 9:1-11) in which all of humanity is tortured with incredible pain and suffering for 5 months, but do not die from it.

10. At the end of the five months, the Eastern Alliance countries counterattack the Beast and his global allies with a 200 million man army. In this war, one-third of the world's population is destroyed, as pictured by the SIXTH TRUMPET OF THE SEVENTH SEAL (Revelation 9:13-18).

11. At the blast of the SEVENTH TRUMPET OF THE SEVENTH SEAL, Jesus Christ returns to earth like lightening flashing from the east to the west (Revelation 11:13-18; Matthew 24:26-27). All the saints of God who remained faithful to the end of their lives during the 6,000 years of man’s history, including the 144,000 who were sealed, will be resurrected to eternal life and will accompany Jesus Christ. This is the first resurrection.

12. Jesus Christ then preaches the gospel of the Kingdom of God through three mighty angels, and demands that the nations free their American, British and Jewish slaves. Nations refuse. Then Jesus Christ pours out His plagues on the nations. These 5 plagues (picturing the FIRST FIVE BOWLS OF THE SEVENTH TRUMPET) include a loathsome, foul smelling sore upon those who had the mark of the beast; the Mediterranean Sea and then rivers and springs of water around the world turned to blood; mankind scorched with great heat; and the throne of the Beast and his kingdom become full of darkness (Revelation 16:1-11). These plagues make the nations hopping mad, and Satan and his demons also arouse them to war with Jesus Christ (Revelation 16:13-14).

13. Nations gather at Armageddon with a massive army and then move to Jerusalem to attack Jesus Christ, as pictured by the SIXTH BOWL OF THE SEVENTH TRUMPET (Revelation 16:12-16). World’s armies are annihilated and their blood forms a more than 180 miles long about 4 feet deep river (Zechariah 14:12 and Revelation 14:19-20).

14. God then punishes the nations for sending their armies against Jesus Christ with the greatest earthquake ever in the history of mankind and a great hail with huge hailstones weighing as much as 100 pounds each, as pictured by the SEVENTH BOWL OF THE SEVENTH SEAL (Revelation 16:17-21). All the cities and mountains are leveled; ocean floors rise so that there are no more islands left. There is a massive loss of human life. The population of the earth left alive as a result of the earthquake and the hail perhaps could be less than 100 million.

With the greatest earthquake ever and the plague of great hail, the 1,260 days of the Great Tribulation will end. The 1,260 day count started after the 30 days of the war that defeated the American, British and Jewish alliance and ends when the plague of great hail from heaven is poured out.

15. After the nations are subdued, Jesus Christ rescues the American, British and Jewish slaves within 45 days. That is the meaning of the 1260, 1290 and 1335 days mentioned in Daniel 12:7, 11-12. These days mean 30 days of the war that defeats the ABJ Alliance, 1260 days of the Great Tribulation and 45 days to get to all the slaves and rescue them.

16. Jesus Christ brings the guilty leaders to justice. The King of the North and the pope will be caught most likely by the survivors of the American, British and Jewish slaves and thrown into a lake of fire like trash to be burnt alive. Jesus Christ will then use the former slaves to destroy each and every one of those of the European Alliance and the Islamist alliance who have survived in the holy land. As a result of all these catastrophes so few Germans will be left alive that a little child will be able to write their number. And the entire world will clap their hands with joy at their destruction (Nahum 3:19).

Again, Jesus Christ described this time of trouble in these terms in Matthew 24:21-22: “21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.”Everyone should let this sink in his or her mind. This is going to be the worst time of trouble in the history of mankind.

Lord Acton wrote in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887:

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Early in Christianity’s history, Roman emperors inflicted torture and death on Christians, but then in early fourth century A.D. after the Roman Church gained ascendancy over other Churches by virtue of being located in the capital of the greatest empire of its time, it committed similar horrors on members of God’s Church and others whose views differed from its own views of Christianity. It seems, whichever party gained absolute power, exercised it to force everyone else to believe what it believed and worship the way it taught to worship either emperor, idols, images or even a false Jesus and God.

In our time, for the seventh and last time, the combination of a military/civil power based in Europe led by the Germans and the great false Church based in Rome is soon going to revive the old ‘Holy Roman Empire’ and gain absolute power. And absolute power will corrupt the pope of the Roman Church and the German dictator absolutely. They are going to set up a false worship system (an actual image or idol may be set up), and force the world to worship that image of the beast and receive his mark. It will put to death those who refuse to obey.

There are likely to be horrendous tortures involved, and people are likely to be burnt alive as in the Middle Ages and during the Protestant Reformation.

The main target of this Great Tribulation will be members of God’s Church and the Israelite nations of America, the British Commonwealth nations and the Jewish state of Israel. But the last one year of the Great Tribulation, called the Lord’s Day, is one year of God’s punishment on all nations. NONE of the torturers or murderers will escape God’s wrath and all of them will die in excruciating pain and suffering during this one year.

Final Resurrection of the ‘Holy Roman Empire’

Let’s understand the prophecies related to the Roman Empire and its various resurrections in history.

The original Roman Empire and its revivals were prophesied by Daniel, and in the book of Revelation. Daniel 7:7-8 NKJV) describes the Roman Empire as the fourth beast:

"After this I [Daniel] saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words."

In Daniel 7:23-25 the angel explains the fourth beast: "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth...The ten horns are ten kings who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall arise after them; he shall be different from the first ones, and shall subdue three kings. He shall speak pompous words against the Most High [God], shall persecute the saints of the Most High [God's true Church], and shall intend to change times and law."

Students of prophecy recognize the fourth beast as the Roman Empire. The original Roman Empire was destroyed in 476 A.D. The ten horns of the fourth beast are ten resurrections of the Roman Empire after its collapse in 476 A.D. But the first three resurrections did not have approval of the pope of the Church of Rome (he is the little horn on the beast's head that came up among the ten horns), because they did not belong to the Catholic Church. So he engineered their uprooting. These three resurrections were the kingdoms of the Vandals, the Heruli (under Odoacer) and the Ostrogoths. Thus the popes fulfilled the prophecy about the first three kings being plucked by their roots.

After these first three resurrections of the Roman Empire, seven more were to come. Six of these that have come so far have come with the approval of the Church of Rome and its popes. Most of the emperors were in fact crowned by the popes as 'Holy Roman Emperors'. That is why these last six resurrections were called the 'Holy Roman Empire', which was neither holy nor Roman. It has largely been German in its ethnic and political base. The seventh is yet to come.

The nine resurrections of the Roman Empire so far include those of the Vandals, the Heruli, the Ostrogoths, the 3 that were uprooted at the instigation of the pope; then the 4th under Justinian (554 A.D.); 5th under Charlemagne (crowned 'Holy Roman Emperor' in 800 A.D.); 6th that of Otto the Great (crowned in 962 A.D.); 7th of the Hapsburg Dynasty (Charles V crowned in 1530 A.D.); 8th that of Napoleon's Empire (1804-1814 A.D.); and the 9th was Italy’s and Germany’s empire ending in the Hitler-Mussolini Axis (1870-1945 A.D.) The last and final revival is yet to take place. This seventh resurrection of the 'Holy Roman Empire,' most likely headed by Germany, will defeat the Israelite (America, British Commonwealth nations and the Jewish state of Israel) countries in war and sell their people around the world as slaves. But Germany will not be acting alone to fulfill this prophecy. It will have formed alliances with many other nations.

More details, specifically about the last seven resurrections, are provided in the book of Revelation. The 'Holy Roman Empire is described as a beast in Revelation 13:1(NKJV) "Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name." These seven heads and ten horns are explained in Revelation 17:9-10, 12: "...The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman [in Bible prophecy woman is a symbol for a church] sits. There are also seven kings...And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast."

The seven heads of this beast represent the seven resurrections of the Roman Empire on which the woman [the Church of Rome] sits. But the ten horns on the seventh head of this beast [differs in slight detail from the fourth beast of Daniel 7] represent ten kings or rulers who will be allied with the beast in the last resurrection of the 'Holy Roman Empire'. This agrees with other prophecies in Daniel, such as the ten toes of the great image of king Nebuchadnezzar's dream. This is the alliance that will finally defeat the Israelite alliance militarily and take its people captives as slaves.

What the Holy Roman Empire will Demand

God has allowed the Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Babylonian system, to prevail in the past and get away with persecuting, torturing and burning human beings alive. But not this time! This time God guarantees that He will bring this system to justice, by utterly destroying it so that it will never rise again.

In the past human beings living under this system could take the passive approach of joining the system, but not participating actively in its persecutions and tortures. That way they could avoid persecution themselves and yet not participate in persecuting others. But this time the situation will be different. The Babylonian system will demand that acceptance of its system be demonstrated by receiving the mark of the beast (whatever it may be) either on the right hand or the forehead, and also worship the image of the Beast (whatever it might be). It will seek to kill those who refuse to do so. But attempting to kill those who don’t obey is one thing, and succeeding in doing so is quite another. The Babylonian system will succeed in murdering many, but many will still escape alive though they refuse to accept the mark of the beast or worship his image. God on the other hand guarantees that He will destroy those who receive the mark of the beast or worship his image. When the choices are considered, the better choice by far is to put one’s faith and trust in God and receive His protection.

The satanic worship system the Holy Roman Empire will set up is described in Revelation 13:11-18: “11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.”

Horn is a symbol of rulership; lamb is another name for Jesus Christ and the dragon is none other than Satan the devil (Revelation 12:9). This verse identifies this beast as having two horns, or crowns. One crown is worn to represent political/civil authority and the other to represent religious authority. There is only one ruler on earth who rules as a political and religious ruler: The head of the Roman Church. So this beast stands unambiguously identified in prophecy as the head of the Roman Catholic Church. He masquerades around as a representative of Jesus Christ, but speaks like the dragon or the devil himself. Can you imagine a religious leader who preaches love, then orders people to be burnt alive who don’t believe what he believes? The head of the Roman Church has done this in the past and will do it again very soon. Continue in verse 12:

“12 And he [the pope] exercises all the authority of the first beast [which earlier verses had identified as the political and military head of the ten nation or ten ruler union in Europe, most likely a German dictator] in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. [The deadly wound referred to here is the Roman Empire being destroyed by the barbarians in 476 A.D and then the wound being healed refers to its imperial restoration by Justinian in 554 A.D.].

Continuing: “13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.”

There you have it. Those who do not worship as ordered by this Babylonian System will be ordered to be put to death. Verse 16 continues: “16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.”

These verses describe how those who do not receive the mark of the beast (which may be a physical mark or sign, or it could simply refer to worshipping on Sunday instead of God’s Sabbath from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset) will not be allowed to conduct business or hold down a job and will be boycotted. The number 666 is identified with the Roman Empire. [All these prophecies and symbols are explained in great detail in the booklet titled “World in Bible Prophecy.”]

Thus remaining passive will not be allowed. The Babylonian system will demand that the image of the beast be worshipped, most likely on Sunday, the day of the Sun, and everyone must receive the mark of the beast, whatever it might be. Those who refuse will be ordered to be put to death. Of course, being ordered to be put to death is one thing, but getting everybody on earth to obey is quite another.

However, many many will be willing to carry out these orders due to fear and intimidation. As a result, possibly many who refuse to obey this false system will be martyred.

Now see what God Almighty will do to those who worship the image of the beast and receive his mark. Their fate is described in Revelation 14:6-13 (NKJV): “6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people-- 7 saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water." 8 And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." 9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name." 12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.' “Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them."

Out of the 3 angels who preach the gospel of the kingdom two are sent to proclaim the destruction of the Babylonian system forever. It shall never rise again. This may be the last chance for any person to repent of worshipping the image of the beast and carrying his mark. But it is generally not easy for people to switch course suddenly. Those who have been cowed down by the beast and the false prophet and did not repent despite the prophesying and preaching of God’s two witnesses of Revelation 11 are unlikely to repent at the preaching of the three angels.

However, the preaching of the 3 angels is still the last chance to repent for those who have survived the horrors that just preceded the return of Jesus Christ. If people wait this long to make their decision to reject the worship system of the beast and the false prophet, they may simply wind up dead in the catastrophes that precede this event. They will have waited too long. But if they have been undergoing the process of repentance and the preaching of the two angels finally convinces them, God in His mercy will likely spare them.In contrast to the threats of the beast and the false prophet which millions will resist and survive, those who do not repent at the preaching of the two witnesses and the three angels and continue to worship the image of the beast and carry its mark will wind up dead WITHOUT EXCEPTION. God guarantees that, and He has the power to ensure that.

One event that will ensure this result finally is the greatest earthquake ever that will strike the earth and the hailstorm of 100 lb. hailstones that follows, which is prophesied in Revelation 16:18-21 (NKJV): “18 And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. 19 Now the great city [meaning Jerusalem] was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. 20 Then every island fled away [meaning there will be no islands left], and the mountains were not found [meaning all mountain ranges will be flattened]. 21 And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent [which is about 100 lbs]. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.”

Let this be a warning to everyone in the world. In the past many may have actively or passively joined the side of the so-called Holy Roman Empire and its previous six resurrections and avoided all its persecutions, but this time it will be different. That option will no longer be available. Those who actively or passively join the side of the beast and the false prophet and participate in its worship system are guaranteed to be destroyed by God’s intervention. And they will suffer tortures and many other plagues before they die. This is the worst option one can choose, and yet because of fear vast majority of humanity will join their side and wind up tortured and dead.All these prophecies are explained in detail in the booklet titled “World in Bible Prophecy.”

Why God Allows Humanity to go through Suffering

The great question on everyone’s mind is: “Why will God allow humanity to inflict all these horrors on one another?” The answer is that God is not bringing these horrors on humanity. Humanity under Satan’s influence is. Don’t blame God, blame Satan. You may say “God is in charge. Why then does He allow it, or does not stop it by getting rid of the tyrants?” The answer: “He will. He will put an end to all tyrants and stop humans from inflicting pain and suffering on each other. But since we of our own volition have chosen Satan’s ways rather than God’s way of life, God simply wants us and all angels to first learn the lesson for eternity that our own ways and Satan’s way, and our own rule that is different from God’s laws and rule (with God ruling) will always result in pain and suffering, and ultimately death. God is simply allowing us to go our own way since the days of Adam and Eve till we bring ourselves to the brink of annihilation before Jesus Christ is sent by God the Father to put an end to man’s misrule.” And even all those who die in these catastrophes will be made alive by God in the second resurrection to receive their one and only chance for salvation.

After 6,000 years of human history of pain and suffering for all humanity when Jesus Christ rescues humanity from the brink of annihilation, Jesus Christ will set up God’s Kingdom in which all of humanity will be taught God’s way of life. And that way of life will be enforced on the entire world. It will usher in an era of unprecedented peace, harmony, accomplishment, happiness and joy for all humanity. No human being will have to face the issues of stark survival. Thus humanity will be able to compare what its own rule and ways for 6,000 years had resulted in and what results living 1,000 years of God’s way produced. God is allowing humanity to write this lesson for eternity in pain, suffering and death. That is why God is allowing humanity to go through suffering, brought on by itself under Satan’s influence.

But there is only one sure way to escape all the catastrophic events and increase one’s chances of coming out alive through the entire three and a half years of the Great Tribulation.

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