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SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE OF END TIME EVENTS

CHAPTER 2

SEQUENCE OF PROPHESIED END OF THE END TIME EVENTS

Herbert W. Armstrong provided us an interpretation of the prophecy in Daniel 11:40-45 which was to be fulfilled before the start of the Third World War and will likely lead to the Third World War.

WAR BETWEEN THE KING OF THE NORTH AND KIND OF THE SOUTH

Daniel 11:40-45 state, “40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries and shall overflow and pass over.”

Did you notice that this prophecy begins with the phrase “At the time of the end.” We have already proved that we are living in that end time when there is “no longer any delay” in fulfillment of these events.

Continuing in verse 41: “41 He shall enter also into the glorious land [Israel], and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom [Türkiye], and Moab [Jordan], and the chief of the children of Ammon [Jordan]. 42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. 44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north [China, Russia and others allied with them] shall trouble him [king of the North]: therefore, he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas [Mediterranean and Dead seas] in the glorious holy mountain [Jerusalem]; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.”

HWA) was the greatest prophet of our time (who came in the spirit and power of Elijah the prophet - Malachi 4:5-6) through whom God unsealed understanding of most prophecies. These prophecies were sealed till the time of the end as mentioned by the angel to Daniel the prophet in Daniel 12:9, “...Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.” Read also Daniel 12:4. Nobody understood these prophecies before HWA. That is why we need to pay heed to his interpretation of prophecies.

In his booklet “The Middle East in Prophecy” HWA interpreted Daniel 11:40-45 prophecies this way:

“Daniel 11:40 – “And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him ...." Who is today the "king of the south"?

“At the time of the end — our time — this king of the south was to push at the king of the north, now at Rome! [HWA wrote about this prophecy in the 1930s when he had already started preaching his warning to fulfill the prophecy in Matthew 24:14, “14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”] In 1895 King Menelik, of Ethiopia, sent an army of 9,000 to 10,000 men against General Baratieri's Italian army. North of Ethiopia was Eritrea, belonging to Italy. And southeast was Italian Somaliland.

“In 1896 General Baratieri with 13,000 men tried to defend Eritrea against the Ethiopians. They lost 4,600 whites and 3,000 native troops, and more than 3,500 were taken prisoner. In a later engagement the Italians were cut to pieces because of their inexperience in fighting in mountainous country and because they were greatly outnumbered. This defeat was disastrous to Italian expansion in Africa.

“Ever since, Italy demanded revenge!... In 1935 Mussolini attacked! Now notice verse 40: "... and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries and shall overflow and pass over."

“A whirlwind comes in the air, sweeping all before it. Mussolini did send a great air force into Africa! Also, many modern "chariots" — trucks, tanks, etc. — and ships, loaded with soldiers. More than 100,000 sailed to Ethiopia.

“And, notice it, Mussolini's forces were to pass over — in the air! It is at this precise point in this astounding prophecy that Mussolini's struggle in Ethiopia and in World War II ended. Mussolini did not finish the prophecy. There is yet another leader to arise in Europe! Notice what will next happen!

“Verse 41 — "He shall enter also into the glorious land ... " — the Holy Land. This is yet to be fulfilled.

“When the coming revival of the Roman Empire takes the Holy Land, then the nations will be plunged into the initial phase of the great, last and final crisis at the close of this age! Other prophecies reveal that this revival of the Roman Empire will bring into subjection the U.S. and Britain!  [This interpretation indicates that the Roman Empire will be resurrected after this war between the King of the North and King of the South which will then subdue USA and Britain.]

"And continues verse 41, "many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom [Türkiye], and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon" — the modern land of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The coming dictator will unite many others with him — 10 in all (Revelation 17:12) — reviving the ancient Roman Empire.

“Verse 42 says Egypt shall not escape, proving Egypt is not now the "king of the south." Verse 43 says the Libyans and Ethiopians (observe that after its conquest by Mussolini, Ethiopia is not again referred to as the king of the south) shall be at his steps — and he will then control them. Italy lost control of Libya and Ethiopia after the war.

“Verse 44 — but news out of the east and out of the north — Russia and the Orient — shall trouble the revived Roman Empire. Russia will enter the war! Verse 45 — the coming Roman Empire shall establish its palace, as capital of the revived Roman Empire, and eventually its religious headquarters, at Jerusalem! Zechariah 14:2 says the city shall be taken! "Yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him"! This language signifies the end of the beast" and the "false prophet" at the hand of God! You will find this end described in Revelation 19:19-20 and Zechariah 14:12.

“And now what is the time of this end, at the close of this marvelous prophecy? The next verse, Daniel12:1, says at the time of the resurrection of the just — at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ!”

HWA’s interpretation of Daniel 11:40-45 takes place before the Great Tribulation, meaning before the UBI nations (USA, British Commonwealth nations and Israel) are defeated by German or German masquerader (GGM)-led Holy Roman Empire with its alliance partners. Holy Roman Empire involves the Roman Catholic Church, which now has a German-masquerader American pope.

In a message delivered to me by an angel in 1998 in Vail, Colorado, USA, where I attended the Church of God’s annual Feast of Tabernacles, I was given the interpretation of Daniel 11:40-45 as the King of the North subduing the King of the South with the plagues described in Revelation 8:6-12. This interpretation of Daniel 11:40-45 takes place during the last one year of the three-and-a-half years long Great tribulation (spoken of by Jesus in Matthew 24:21-22) called the Day of the Lord, after UBI nations have been defeated and enslaved.

God provided proof that He has revealed messages to me through angels. The proof was that the very first message delivered to me in 1994 was that Sainis of India are Jews. I shared that message with my local Church pastor Mr. Maceo Hampton. Then four years later God revealed to Queen Elizabeth II that like her, I was also a descendant of King David who was a Jew. Therefore, you can trust the message delivered to me by the angel concerning Daniel 11:40-45.

The only way to reconcile these interpretations of Daniel 11:40-45 is that there are multiple fulfillments of this prophecy. Often there are dual and sometimes triple fulfillments of prophecies. For example, coming of Elijah the prophet had three fulfillments: first the original Elijah, then John the Baptist before the first coming of Jesus Christ, and then HWA before the second coming of Jesus Christ. Fulfillment of the prophecy in Deuteronomy 18:18-19 concerning a prophet like Moses also has had a triple fulfillment: first by the original Moses, then by Jesus Christ and lastly by my work. And the later fulfillments are not repeated in every precise detail as the original. For example, the original Elijah restored worship of the true God in ancient Israel. So did John the Baptist to the Jews. But John the Baptist did not restore any doctrines to the Jews in his day. However, as the end time Elijah, Herbert W. Armstrong restored all the doctrines or fundamental beliefs to God’s Church as prophesied in Matthew 17:11, “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elijah truly shall first come and restore all things.”

In the first end time fulfillment of Daniel 11:40-45, as HWA wrote in his booklet, Mussolini was the King of the North and Ethiopia was the King of the South. In the second fulfillment, just ahead, a GGM leader will be the King of the North and there will be another King of the South, which is Iran and it’s proxies, as the current Middle East events show. This was the interpretation given by Gerald R. Flurry, head of the Philadelphia Church of God. The third fulfillment as revealed to me will take place after the UBI nations have been defeated and enslaved in the Great Tribulation. A German or German masquerader will be the King of the North, and another King of the South will emerge by about two years into the Great Tribulation, probably from Turkey or Egypt.

The second fulfillment of this prophecy before the defeat of UBI nations is almost complete. President Trump of the USA in collaboration with Israel has already attacked Iran and its proxies. King of the South, Ayatollah Khamenei has been killed and much of the other top-level leadership has also been killed. Khamenei’s son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has succeeded him but apparently, he is injured and has not been seen in public. Real power in Iran is wielded by the Mullahs through the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp) which remains intact. USA and Israel have destroyed much of Iran’s nuclear and missile manufacturing capabilities. However, Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz through which more than 20% of world’s oil shipments pass. Iran has refused to surrender so far and remains defiant, no doubt goaded on by its allies China primarily and Russia, launching some missiles at Israel, USA military bases in the region, oil refining and LNG facilities in the Gulf Arab states and oil tankers. The media has reported that Iran brought down a U.S. stealth plane, midair oil refueling Stratotankers, a F-35E Eagle fighter and an A-10 Warthog ground attack plane. The truth is that President Trump’s claim that Iran has no antiaircraft defense capabilities left is correct. China actually brought down all these U.S. military aircraft.

How did HWA interpret the fulfillment of this prophecy before the Great Tribulation begins?

He stated in his booklet, verse 40 was fulfilled by Mussolini. But Mussolini did not enter into the glorious land, Israel. Therefore, the fulfillment of verse 41 begins with the German or German masquerader leader establishing a presence in Israel. Gaza and the West Bank are parts of the glorious land. This prophecy has been fulfilled as Trump with his Board of Peace is in a position to dictate peace in Gaza. News of China and Russia helping Iran with China’s goal being control of the entire Gulf’s oil and gas resources through Iran, their moves through BRICS nations to replace the dollar for oil and gas transactions with the yuan have already forced Trump to act, send U.S. troops, probably to seize Iranian assets and seek a regime change. That is a recipe for triggering the Third World War as prophesied in the first four seals of Revelation 6. China and Russia are already making moves to take their part in the Third World War. China has plans to annex Taiwan. Europe is also preparing with Germany orchestrating the Ukraine-Russia war when Zelenskyy agreed to allow Germany to install nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine to be used against Russia. Europeans are testing their weapons systems against Russia while China is testing its weapon systems against the USA in the war with Iran. Indian subcontinent is already prepared for the war by Indian allies of GGM ready to attack and destroy the Sikhs and Punjabis. Latin America is already allied with German masqueraders in the USA.

Most likely, the USA and Israel’s war with Iran will trigger the Third World War. Therefore, now we can look at the sequence of end time events as prophesied in the seven seals of the book of Revelation. All the events of the seven seals take place sequentially.

SEQUENCE OF END TIME EVENTS

Five alliances that will play important roles in the soon coming world events include: a) German or German masquerader led Alliance with ten rulers or nations (called the ten horns or Revelation 13:1, 17:12 and ten toes of Nebuchadnezzar’s image in Daniel 2:42) in Europe, known as the Beast or King of the North; b) UBI nations known as the House of Israel and House of Judah; c) The Roman Catholic Church worldwide, with the leader known as the False Prophet (Revelation 16:13, 19:20, the Little Horn (Daniel 7:8, or another Beast (Revelation 13:11); d) Islamic Alliance with much of Africa, with its leader known as the King of the South (Daniel 11:40-41); and e) The Eastern Alliance known as the Kings of the East (Revelation 16:12 and 9:16). The true Church of God will also play a very important role through the Two Witnesses of Revelation 11:3-12.

Now the sequence of events as pictured by the seven seals.

1. THE THIRD WORLD WAR AHEAD – FIRST 4 SEALS

The next prophesied end-time event that will soon occur will be the Third World War that will make the Second World War look like a battle in comparison. This event is described by messages contained in the first four symbolic seals (Revelation 6:1-8). The first seal with its rider on a white horse symbolizes religious deception. As already explained, the white horse has already completed his gallop. The second seal with its rider on a red horse, pictures the great world war itself, which will be followed by widespread famines as a result of the war, as symbolized by the rider on a black horse of the third seal. The famines are usually followed by disease epidemics soon after as symbolized by the rider on a pale horse of the fourth seal.

Prophecies about the Third World War do not provide us the outcome of the war except what we see in Revelation 6:4, 8. Verse 8 states: “...And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.” This indicates that the Third world War will probably be fought over a fourth of the land area of the earth. Verse 4 tells us, “4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.”

The rider of the red horse will take peace from the earth. What we are witnessing after USA and Israel attack on Iran is that such a war has the potential to take peace from the earth. Imagine a war fought between the major powers over a fourth part of the earth, disruption of supply chains resulting in famines, followed by disease pandemics like the COVID-19 pandemic, and starving, crazed, rabid wild animals will kill hundreds of millions or even more than a billion people. The bible does not predict the outcome of the Third World War beyond what is stated in Revelation 6:4, 8.

2. THE MILITARY DEFEAT OF THE UBI NATIONS

The next prophesied event will be the military defeat of the UBI nations (meaning whites of non-German ancestry in these nations) as pictured by the fifth seal in Revelation 6:9, “9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.” This persecution of the true Church of God occurs during the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21-22) which begins after the defeat of UBI nations. The military power that will defeat them will be a GGM-led alliance led by the dictator called the Beast or the King of the North in prophecy. This alliance will have the support of ten kings or rulers in Europe. Allied with the beast will be some Islamic nations (Psalm 83:6-8, “6 The tabernacles of Edom [Türkiye], and the Ishmaelites [Saudi Arabia, UAE]; of Moab [Jordan], and the Hagarenes [Syria]; 7 Gebal [Lebanon], and Ammon [Jordan], and Amalek [Palestinians]; the Philistines [Palestinians in Gaza] with the inhabitants of Tyre [Lebanon]; 8 Assur [GGM] also is joined with them...)

This war takes only 30 days (Hosea 5:7, “7 They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.”) Somehow, UBI nations will be deceived into not fighting as prophesied in Ezekiel 7:14, “14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goes to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.” Perhaps computer hacking has prevented communications.

After their defeat, the survivors of the UBI nations are taken captive and sold around the world as slaves.

One thing worthy of note is that GGM tried to exterminate our side in UBI nations by mass poisoning their food to fulfill the prophecy in Psalm 83:4, “ 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” However, this does not follow the sequence of end time events prophesied by God. That’s why God intervened and His angels prevented the attempt on any person of our side from succeeding. Moreover God has prophesied that about one-tenth of our population will survive as stated in Amos 5:3, “For thus says the Lord God: “The city that goes out by a thousand Shall have a hundred left, And that which goes out by a hundred Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.” That means about 16-20 million of our people (whites of non-German ancestry) in UBI nations will ultimately survive the Great Tribulation.

Prophecies indicate that there will be a transition period between the Third World War and the defeat of the UBI nations, because certain other prophesied events have to be fulfilled. These events could take place in a matter of months when famine conditions and disease epidemics prevail in the world as aftermath of the Third World War. These include:

a) The Jews in Israel will set up an altar in Jerusalem and institute animal sacrifices. Perhaps their leaders will believe that they have to get back to all aspects of their religion and need to institute sacrifices to seek God’s help in avoiding military defeat. This is indicated by Matthew 24:15-16, “15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.”

Daniel 11:31 tells us what the abomination of desolate is: “Daniel 11:31, “And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation.” Anciently this prophecy was fulfilled by Antiochus Epiphanes who stopped the daily sacrifices and placed a statue of the pagan god Zeus in the Temple in 167 BCE and offered swine’s flesh as sacrifice. To fulfill this prophecy, the one who sets up the abomination of desolation will be the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Jesus told the Church to flee because the Great Tribulation is about to take place which begins immediately after the defeat of UBI nations. That means the Abomination of Desolation will be set up just before the defeat of UBI nations.

b) In 45 days before the 30-day war begins, most of God's true Church will have gathered in Jerusalem and will have 30 days to flee to the place of safety with God’s help (Revelation 12:14-17).

c) The pope will start working miracles at some stage and the Roman Catholic world would be energized and bewitched and would be more willing to obey him. His plans will be to make a great image or idol to honor the Beast (the GGM leader), or as a symbol of the “Holy Roman Empire” perhaps just like Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar’s image (Daniel 2). He plans to set it up in Jerusalem and to make Jerusalem his headquarters. This is described in Revelation 13:12-14: "12 And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him [This beast is the "Holy Roman Empire"] and causes the earth and which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 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…”

d) The pope will demand that the idol he has set up be worshipped, and that the world worship on Sunday and not on the Sabbath day. This is a demand to set the stage for persecution of God’s true Church that does not worship idols and worships on the Sabbath day and not on Sunday, and also to enforce the Roman Catholic Church’s religion on the world.

e) Negotiations have already been taking place between GGM leaders and the Islamic nations mentioned in the Psalm 83:6-8 prophecy to form an alliance. Occupation of Jerusalem along with the Roman Catholic Church will be one of their goals because of the Islamic 'holy place’, the Al Aqsa complex.

Remember don’t expect all this to be taking place right now though the groundwork is being laid. It will take place after the Third World War and its aftermath and can take place in a matter of months to administer the deathblow to the Americans, British, and the Jews.

f) The GGM leader will force the Jews in Jerusalem to comply with the pope's demands to let him set up the image in Jerusalem and the Islamic leaders to take control of the Islamic holy places. But the plans of the Beast, the pope and their alliance partners are to launch a final attack on our side in UBI nations, defeat them militarily and enslave them.

g) At this time, ten rulers in Europe make a decision to give all their power and authority to the Beast. This is mentioned in Revelation 17:12-13: "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. They are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast." These may not actually be ten existing rulers but may be appointed as rulers by the European Community over ten regions in Europe carved out of member nations. These rulers could even be appointed after the military victory over the UBI nations. They give their total allegiance to the beast and put all their power at his disposal.

h) The beast and his alliance partners are now ready to war with the UBI nations. Events now begin to move at lightning speed. To force the Jews to stop their sacrifices and vacate their altar to allow the Roman Catholic Church to set up its idol or image and offer its own sacrifices, Jerusalem or Israel is now surrounded by the joint GGM and Islamic armies as prophesied in Luke 21:20. Jews in Israel are forced to thus give in. The Roman Catholic Church then forcibly stops the Jewish sacrifices and the pope then sets up the image to the beast in Jerusalem and probably offers a sacrifice to it. Once he has done that, the beast and his alliance partners then immediately begin their attack on the UBI nations.

In this attack, the prophecy in Ezekiel 7:14-15 must be kept in mind: “4 ‘They have blown the trumpet and made everyone ready, but no one goes to battle; for My wrath is on all their multitude. 15 The sword is outside, and the pestilence and famine within. Whoever is in the field will die by the sword; And whoever is in the city, famine and pestilence will devour him.”

i) By this time, in 45 days, most of God's true Church will have gathered in Jerusalem and will in 30 days of the war flee to the place of safety after the image was set up by the pope. The battle to administer the deathblow to the UBI nations is over in 30 days (Hosea 5:7). The UBI nations will be defeated, their survivors taken captive and sold as slaves around the world.

In this war, one third of the population of the USA and Britain will be destroyed in fires of some kind that could be deliberately set or by use of some kind of weapons , one third will be killed in the war that follows, and one third will be taken captive and sold as slaves around the world (Ezekiel 5:1-2). Similarly, two-thirds of the population of the state of Israel will also be destroyed in the siege and famine conditions leading to the war, and the war itself (Ezekiel 5:12 and Zechariah 13:8-9). The remaining one-third will be removed from the state of Israel and sold mostly to the Greeks as slaves (Joel 3:6).

4. THE GREAT TRIBULATION

After the military defeat of the UBI nations, the three and a half year long Great Tribulation begins as pictured by the 5th seal (Revelation 6:9-11). It is a time of unprecedented trouble for the American, British and Israeli slaves and the remnant of God’s Church that was not taken to the place of safety. They are hated by all nations with deep hatred born of envy and satanic influence (Matthew 24:9). The goal of the nations is to obliterate their name from the face of the earth by murdering all of them (Psalm 83:4). The nations that hold them captive treat them extremely harshly. As a result of this harsh treatment, many of the slaves will die. Only one-tenth of the original population of these nations, about 16-20 million, will survive the Great Tribulation (Amos 5:3), and that too because Jesus Christ will return to earth and rescue them.

Just before the war that defeats the American, British and Jewish people, and perhaps soon after ,the pope starts working miracles, two of God's prophets (or witnesses) will begin warning the world to repent of its sins, and not to mistreat their captives, or they are going to suffer the wrath of God. Some will not pay heed, but the two witnesses will bring God's plagues on them (Revelation 11:3-12). That will act as a restraining force to some extent on the world mistreating their American, British and Jewish slaves. This interpretation was one of the messages delivered to me by two of God’s angels.

The beast in the meantime, heavily influenced by Satan has his mind changed (Habakkuk 1:11, Daniel 8:23-24), meaning he is now heavily influenced by Satan. He aids the Islamic alliance and others to war with the other nations of Israel, which include France, Switzerland, Ireland, Scandinavian and Benelux countries. As a result of these wars and further events of the Great Tribulation and the 'Day of the Lord' (In Bible prophecy a prophetic day equals a year) only about one-tenth of the population of these nations will survive the Great Tribulation.

5. BREAK-UP OF THE BEAST'S ALLIANCE WITH THE ISLAMIC ALLIANCE AND NATIONS OF THE EAST

After two years of the defeat of the UBI nations, trouble begins to brew in the Beast's alliance with the Islamic alliance and other nations that were allied with him in the cause to defeat the UBI nations. Perhaps because of the high-handedness of the Beast and the pope, the leader of the Islamic Alliance (by this time a leader would be in place, known in prophecy as the King of the South, Daniel 11:40-45) will begin to "push at" the Beast or King of the North, and commits some war-like acts. This 'pushing at' takes place over a six-month period. But this break-up provides some relief to the slaves in the Islamic and other nations (Hosea 6:1-2).

This interpretation was given to me by God’s angel. One fight between the king of the North and king of the South before the Great Tribulation is already taking place in the USA/Israel - Iran war as interpreted by HWA. The last fight between the two kings will take place in the sequence given to me by God’s angel.

Nations in the East will have been aware of the break-up taking place between the King of the North (the Beast) and the King of the South (leader of the Islamic alliance). They will already have been engaged in diplomatic activity well before that and will have formed an alliance, led by Russia and China. Even a few months before the break-up between the Kings of the North and the South, the eastern nations will have begun making military preparations to pursue their own economic, political and military interests (Revelation 9:15, “15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.”

6: GREAT EARTHQUAKE AND METEOR SHOWERS – 6TH SEAL

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 coming 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. SEALING OF THE 144,000 AND PROTECTION FOR MILLIONS

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 144,000, tens or even hundreds of 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 Day of the Lord (Revelation 7:9-17). God will guarantee that they come out alive through the Great Tribulation and serve in His temple when Jesus Christ sets up God’s kingdom.

8. THE 'DAY OF THE LORD' BEGINS WITH THE ATTACK OF THE KING OF THE NORTH ON THE KING OF THE SOUTH

FIRST 4 TRUMPETS OF THE SEVENTH SEAL (Revelation 8:1-12)

The 'Day of the Lord' is the last one year of the three-and-a-half year long Great Tribulation. It is the time of God's wrath and punishment on non-Israelite nations for their mistreatment of their Israelite captives and for their own sins, and Israelites who worshipped the image of the Beast and gave in to the false prophet’s religion. They will not have heeded the warning of the two witnesses of God.

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 his "pushing at" him through perhaps some war-like acts such as using the oil weapon (Revelation 8:1-12). In this war, the King of the South is defeated, and the King of the North loots the North African countries in the Islamic alliance (Daniel 11:40-45). Those in the east of the holy land escape the same treatment. A great deal of the population of the Islamic countries is destroyed in this war.

At the end of this war, the Beast sets up his regional headquarters in the holy land, where the pope had already set up his headquarters more than two and a half years earlier.

9. ATTACK OF THE BEAST ON THE EASTERN ALLIANCE COUNTRIES

FIFTH TRUMPET OF THE 7TH SEAL (Revelation 9:1-11)

When the Beast attacks the Islamic countries, the countries in the eastern alliance (Kings of the East) see an opportunity. They had already been making military preparations (Revelation 9:15). The news of these plans reaches the Beast and he goes in great fury to destroy them (Daniel 11:44).

The beast makes a pre-emptive strike on the nations of the east with neutron bombs and or biological and chemical weapons. But the beast is not able to control the effect of these weapons, and the entire world is affected. Quite likely the Eastern Alliance also has matching weapons and uses them. The pain and suffering will be so horrible that people will seek death but will not find it. The effect of these weapons lasts 5 months (Revelation 9:1-11). But God will provide supernatural protection only to the 144,000 who were sealed by Him and tens or hundreds of millions of others because of their repentance during the Great Tribulation (Revelation 9:4).

10. COUNTERATTACK OF THE EASTERN ALLIANCE COUNTRIES ON THE BEAST

6TH TRUMPET OF THE 7TH SEAL

At the end of 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 (Revelation 9:13-18) or more than 1.6 billion people. The Beast's alliance is going to suffer terribly in this war. Their own nations are going to be devastated with Germans suffering the most. But the Germans are not completely destroyed yet as a large part of their army will be in Jerusalem and around it with the GGM dictator having set up his regional headquarters there.

11. RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST AND DEMAND FOR SUBMISSION TO HIS RULE AND RELEASE OF ISRAELITE SLAVES

7TH TRUMPET AND ITS FIRST FIVE BOWLS OR PLAGUES

After the war between the Beast and the Eastern Alliance (Kings of the East), matters have reached a stage where the Beast and the Eastern Alliance are contemplating using all weapons at their disposal against one another. The Beast wants to prevent extermination at the hands of the Kings of the East. If this was allowed to happen, all living things could be destroyed from the earth (Matthew 24:22). But precisely at this time Jesus Christ returns to earth with a great trumpet blast and like lightening flashing from the east to the west to put an end to man’s madness under Satan’s influence. The whole world will see this event (Revelation 11:13-18; Matthew 24:26-27).

At the return of Jesus Christ, all the saints of God who remained faithful to the end of their lives during the 6,000 years of man’s history will be resurrected to eternal life and will accompany Jesus Christ. This is the first resurrection.

Jesus Christ first preaches the gospel of the Kingdom of God through three mighty angels. One angel announces the good news of God’s Kingdom on earth. The second angel announces the judgment of the great whore, the Roman Catholic Church, and the third angel announces God’s judgment on those who received the mark of the Beast (Revelation 14:6-11). Jesus Christ also demands that the nations release their American, British and Israelite slaves. The nations do not repent, and do not want to release their slaves. Jesus Christ then pours out five plagues on the nations. These 5 plagues 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 arouse them to war with Jesus Christ (Revelation 16:13-14).

12. NATIONS ATTACK JESUS CHRIST WITH A MASSIVE ARMY GATHERED AT ARMAGEDDON

6TH AND 7TH BOWLS OR PLAGUES OF THE 7TH TRUMPET

Because of what they suffered from the plagues that Jesus Christ poured on them, the nations gather at Armageddon (or 'Hill of Megiddo') in Israel to attack Jesus Christ. A massive army perhaps more than a hundred million strong is gathered from all around the world. This will be the largest concentration of armies in one battlefield in the history of man (Revelation 16:12, 16). Then they go to Jerusalem for the attack, where Jesus' headquarters are located. But the nations are defeated and their armies totally annihilated. This is the 6th bowl or plague, described in Revelation 16:12-16.

The annihilation of the world's armies is described in Zechariah 14:12: "And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: 'Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, and their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.'"

The result of this war is that the blood flows out from the soldiers in the army, making a huge river of coagulated blood, bodies and weapons of soldiers that is about four feet deep and 184 miles long (Revelation 14:19-20).

Not only are the armies of the nations that came to Jerusalem destroyed, Jesus Christ further pours out His wrath on the nations for having sent their armies to attack Him. There is a massive, global earthquake the like of which mankind has never before experienced in its history. All the cities and mountains are leveled; ocean floor rises so that there are no more islands left. There is massive loss of human life. In addition, there is great hail with huge hailstones each weighing 100 pounds falling on earth. This is described as the 7th bowl or plague of God’s wrath poured out on the nations (Revelation 16:17-21). The end result of all these plagues is that very few human beings are left alive (Isaiah 24:6). The population of the earth left alive as a result of the earthquake and the hail perhaps could be about one-tenth of the current population.

But there is a great positive outcome from the earthquake. More land becomes available for cultivation. The deserts disappear; mountains and plateaus are leveled and become fertile land. Even the land under the permafrost becomes available. More fresh water becomes available all over the world, and because the floor of the oceans rises in many places to form land, the mineral wealth of the oceans becomes available for man's use.

With the greatest ever earthquake 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 UBI nations and ends when the plague of great hail from heaven is poured out.

13. RESCUE OF THE SLAVES AND THE MUCH LARGER SECOND EXODUS

After the nations are subdued, Jesus Christ’s first task will be to rescue the American, British and Jewish slaves. His promise is that this task will be accomplished in 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, 1260 days of the Great Tribulation and 45 days to get to all the slaves and rescue them.

All the surviving slaves will be brought to Jerusalem and the Land of Israel (Isaiah 11:11-12, 15-16; 43:5-6; 49:22-23). This Exodus will be much greater than the first Exodus of ancient Israel from Egypt (Jeremiah 23:7-8).

14. JESUS CHRIST BRINGS THE CULPRITS TO JUSTICE

Jesus Christ will then bring the culprits to justice who led by Satan brought all these catastrophes on earth. When the ten rulers who supported the Beast and gave him their power realize that the wondrous miracle working pope was a false prophet and preacher of lies, they turn on the Roman Catholic Church - described as the 'great whore' (Revelation 17) in Bible prophecy. They burn the entire leadership and the clergy alive (as this clergy would have caused some members of God’s Church and others who resisted their false religion to be burnt alive). Not one will be left alive (Revelation 17:16-18).

Jesus Christ's next task will be to bring the perpetrators of this worldwide carnage to justice. The Beast and the false prophet - the pope of the Roman Catholic Church - are captured alive and thrown into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 19:20).

Next is the turn of the Edomites (some of whose descendants live in Turkey, parts of Jordan, perhaps others in the Middle East and Central Asia, and Palestinians), the Europeans and all others who occupied Jerusalem and Israel. For their part in enslaving the Israelites (the Americans, British and the Jews of Israel) and mistreating them and killing many, and for warring with the other nations of Israel (France, Switzerland, Ireland, the Scandinavian and Benelux countries) after the defeat of the UBI nations, they are to be utterly destroyed. Not one Edomite, or any of the occupiers of the holy land will be left alive. This destruction will come at the hands of the former American, British and Jewish slaves now rescued (modern descendants of Joseph and Judah of the Bible) (Obadiah 1:15-16, 18).

Germans, the human instigators of all this carnage too will be brought to justice by Jesus Christ in His own way. The end result of their punishment will be that the number of Germans left alive on earth will be as low as the number a little child can write (Isaiah 10:17-19). The number of Germans who survive will perhaps be in the teens, living in a couple of villages. But after centuries they will eventually grow into a nation during the millennium (or 1000 - year reign of Jesus Christ on the earth) (Isaiah 19:23-25).

15. GOD’S KINGDOM ESTABLISHED AND MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB

After all the nations are subdued and there is no more opposition from human rulers to the rule of Jesus Christ, God’s kingdom is established on earth. The establishment of God’s Kingdom is celebrated with a great feast and marriage of the Lamb (Revelation 19:6-9). This is when Jesus Christ symbolically marries His Church, the saints collectively, who will have been resurrected to eternal life.

16. SATAN BOUND AND IMPRISONED

Finally, Satan, the original instigator of all evil on earth is bound and imprisoned in solitary confinement in the abyss for the 1000 years of God's Kingdom on earth (Revelation 20:1-3). The demons are also imprisoned in the ruins of Rome, Italy (Revelation 18:2, 10). No human being will live there.

After the removal of Satan and his demons from rulership of the earth, Jesus Christ will rule as King of kings [‘kings’ refers to the saints of God] and Lord of lords [‘lords ‘also refers to the saints] in God’s Kingdom (Revelation 11:15). The saints of God who were resurrected to eternal life at Jesus Christ's return to earth will also reign with Christ as kings and priests (Revelation 5:10) for a thousand years (Revelation 20:4). The world will at last begin to live in peace, great abundance and prosperity.

17. ONE MORE UGLY WAR

Initially not all of humanity will submit to the rule of Jesus Christ and the saints. After Jesus Christ had settled the American, British and Jewish slaves and the other tribes of Israel in the holy land and will have been ruling over the nations for anywhere from some decades or so but more likely about two generations (about 50 years), the Israelites will start becoming prosperous due to God’s blessings. But their prosperity and living in unwalled, unprotected villages will give perverse thoughts to the survivors of the Russians, Chinese, Persian, Indian and Southeast Asian nations.

These nations will hatch a nefarious scheme to take over and loot Israelites in the holy land. They will attack with a huge army. But Israelites will not need to fight. Jesus Christ will destroy this army. The nations in the armies will begin fighting each other, and Jesus Christ will bring on them rain, hail, fire and brimstone (Ezekiel 38:22). Ultimately only one sixth of the army will be left alive (Ezekiel 39:2) to carry the tale of its defeat back to the nations and make their rulers aware that Jesus Christ who rules in Jerusalem is indeed the Almighty Son of God. Ezekiel the prophet tells the entire story in chapters 38 and 39 of his book.

18. ALLOTMENT OF LAND TO NATIONS OF THE WORLD

After this incident, the nations will finally acknowledge that the God of Israel is the true Creator God and will finally be willing to listen to Him. Perhaps at this time, in the Jubilee Year (that is the 50th year) after God’s Kingdom will have been established, a division of countries for all the surviving nations will be made. Remember, the greatest ever earthquake in the history of mankind will have altered the surface of the earth. Mountains and islands will have disappeared. Much more land will have become available for man’s use. The earth’s population would have recovered somewhat.

Just as Noah divided the land between nations soon after the Flood and sent out colonies, perhaps Noah will again be charged with the task of informing all peoples about division of the earth into countries for all nations, and they will be asked to move to their respective allotted lands. This time there will be no rebellion against God’s colonization plan as there was in Noah’s days after the Flood. All people will go to their respective allotted countries.

19. HOW GOD WILL SOLVE HUMANITY’S PROBLEMS

To solve humanity’s problems, God will

a) Set up one world government (Isaiah 9:6-7, Micah 4:1-3) with no more war (Micah 4:1-3);
b) Change every human being’s heart by giving everyone His holy spirit (Joel 2:8);
c) Nature of wild animals changed (Isaiah 11:6-9);
d) Reeducate the entire world (Zechariah 8:22-23; Micah 4:2-3; Jeremiah 31:34; Isaiah 11:9);
e) Transform the earth from scarcity to abundance (Amos 9:13, Isaiah 31:1-2, 6-7; 41:18-20);
f) Perfect global economic system based on free enterprise, with only 10% tax on the increase; no healthcare costs as Jesus Christ will supernaturally heal all the sick; no more war and related expenditures, and
g) One world language making sharing of knowledge worldwide very easy.

20) FINAL HUMAN CONFLICT

After the 1000 years of God’s kingdom are finished, Satan is released from solitary confinement for a short season. He will first go to the demons to see which ones will be still willing to follow him after being away from his rule over them. Perhaps some of them will have made up their mind to not repent and change their ways and will join him. He will then go to deceive the nations one final time to attack Jesus Christ and the saints at Jerusalem. The Russians and the Chinese will be deceived by him and will come to Jerusalem for the attack. Fire from heaven will devour this army. Satan and the demons who joined him will be imprisoned, this time in the fire that will be burning at Jerusalem. Their fate is now sealed.

21) ALL OF HUMANITY RESURRECTED TO PHYSICAL LIFE

Immediately after this final Satan influenced tragic conflict, God’s plan now begins the process of offering salvation to all human beings who have ever lived. All human beings who have ever lived, an estimated 100 billion, and were not called (meaning they did not receive knowledge of God’s ways), did not receive their chance for salvation. They are all now resurrected to physical life. This is described in Revelation 20:11-13.

All these human beings will be given God’s holy spirit, taught God’s way of life and their conduct after their resurrection will be judged according to the books of the Bible to determine if they choose God’s way and thus qualify for eternal life. They will live in God’s Kingdom with its abundance, prosperity, peace and harmony and will be able to contrast the fruits of living God’s way of life with living Satan’s way of life which they did in their former life. Happily, most of humanity will embrace God’s way of life and qualify to receive eternal life as God’s literal sons and daughters.

The physical resurrection is also described in Ezekiel 37:1-14, 26-28. Jesus Christ also mentioned the second resurrection in Matthew 10:20-24, 12:41-42. Isaiah 65:20-25 points to these physical humans living for 100 years. This would allow sufficient time even for those who lived more than 900 years before the Flood to make changes to their lives and character.

22) GOD’S SEVEN ANNUAL HOLY DAYS PICTURE GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION FOR ALL MANKIND

God’s seven annual holy days picture God’s plan to offer salvation to all of mankind. The Passover pictures the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins of all mankind, making eternal life possible.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread symbolized by removal of leavening out of our homes pictures diligently removing sin out of our lives so that we may be considered worthy to receive eternal life.

The Feast of Pentecost pictures the calling of only a few people by God during the first 6,000 of man’s history, called the firstfruits, to give them their one and only chance for eternal life. It shows that not every human being is called at this time to receive his or her chance for salvation. Those who qualify by embracing and diligently living God’s way of life will be resurrected to eternal life at the return of Jesus Christ to earth.

The Feast of Trumpets pictures the return of Jesus Christ to earth and the resurrection of the firstfruits to eternal life to take over the kingdoms of the world. After the kingdoms of the world have been subdued, Satan and the demons are put away for 1000 years and will not be able to influence humanity which makes it easy for humans to repent of their sins and qualify to receive eternal life.

Putting Satan away for 1,000 years is pictured by the Day of Atonement, called Rosh Hashanah by the Jews. Removing Satan makes it possible for humanity to be reconciled with God.

The Feast of Tabernacles then pictures the 1000 years of the Kingdom of God and the reign of Jesus Christ to solve humanity’s problems which it could not solve itself. In the Kingdom of God every human being will be called and given his or her chance to qualify to receive eternal life.

The Last Great Day pictures the resurrection of all human beings to physical life who have ever lived and not received their chance for eternal life. This is the second resurrection. They will now have an opportunity to live 100 years and qualify to receive eternal life as God’s literal sons and daughters.

Detailed information on the seven annual holy days is available in the eBook "God's Plan of Salvation for All Mankind."

23. FATE OF THOSE WHO REFUSE TO REPENT AND CHANGE

Although God will in His great mercy extend the opportunity for salvation to every human being born, some will still refuse to repent and accept God’s way of life. The Bible reveals that, rather than be tortured forever in an ever-burning hell, their lives will simply be permanently extinguished. They will cease to exist and will be as though they had never existed. Even their memory will be forgotten (Revelation 20:15; 21:8).

These incorrigibly wicked will also be resurrected to physical life at the end of the 100 years. They along with Satan and the demons who led the final rebellion of humanity will all simply be consumed as the earth is set on fire to cleanse it. The fire will keep burning to finally consume the earth itself (2 Peter 3:7, 10-12).

24. A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH

After the present earth is consumed, God will then create a new heaven and a new earth (2 Peter 3:7, 11-12); Revelation 21:1-3) and will then dwell among former human beings now made immortal as His literal sons and daughters.

25. NEXT, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE

God has promised all things, meaning the entire universe, for man to inherit (Revelation 21:7; Hebrews 2:6-8).

God said through Isaiah the prophet about the earth in Isaiah 45:18: “For thus says the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he has established it, He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.” If God created the earth to be inhabited, He certainly would not have created more than 100 billion stars each with their planets in more than 100 billion galaxies in the universe to lie waste and empty. He created them to be inhabited at some time like the earth.

The picture is quite clear. After God’s plan of salvation for mankind on earth is complete, there will be a new beginning. What has been accomplished on earth, God’s sons will then accomplish in the rest of the universe, which Satan and the demons disqualified from doing. In fact God has already divided the stars in heaven among the nations as stated in Deuteronomy 4:19, “And lest you lift up your eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord your God has divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.”

Truly, as Paul declared in 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (NKJV): "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit."

26. THERE IS A WAY OF ESCAPE

I have used only the sure words of prophecy (2 Peter 1:19) to show what will happen in the world in the very near future. Prophecy also declares there is a way of escape from these catastrophic events.

Only one group in the world is promised protection throughout the entire three and a half years of the coming Great Tribulation: members of God’s true Church with the Philadelphian attitude as described in Revelation 3:7-11 (NKJV), “' 7 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 8 I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name…10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.”

Hundreds of millions of others besides members of God’s Church will survive with God’s protection (Revelation 7:9-11, 14), but when the 8 billion population of the world is taken into consideration, the percentage surviving may be 10% or less. Those are very poor odds of surviving the troubles that lie ahead. The best chances of survival are promised for members of God’s Church who keep God’s word, meaning all His commandments and doctrines, have not denied that they worship the true Jesus Christ of the Bible, persevere in doing God’s work of warning the world of the coming catastrophes and proclaim the most wonderful news of the return of Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of the Kingdom of God, and endure to the very end while diligently doing these things. So the choice to become members of God’s Church and do God’s work to receive protection, or to stay in the world and watch along as events unfold and be engulfed by them along with everyone else is entirely yours.

Details concerning the way of escape are provided in the eBook "The Only Guaranteed Way to Escape End Time Catastrophes."

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