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The two witnesses patterned the ministries of Moses and Elijah as their callings were incomplete!

The Beloved Disciple recorded what he heard, saw, and experienced by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 11:

4  These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.

5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.

6 These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.

There were four specific judgments that these two witnesses brought forth.  These judgments parallel what is written of in the Old Testament linked to Moses and Elijah:

Elijah spoke by THE SPIRIT in 1^st Kings chapter 18:

37  Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”

38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”

And in 1^st Kings chapter 17:

1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.”

And Jesus confirms the length of time in Luke chapter 4:

25 But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

THE LORD spoke to Moses in Exodus chapter 7:

19  Then the LORD spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.'”

20 And Moses and Aaron did so, just as the LORD commanded. So he lifted up the rod and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants. And all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

In Exodus chapters 8 through 12, Moses brought forth ten plagues on the land:

Waters become blood

Frogs

Lice

Flies

Livestock diseased

Boils

Hail

Locusts

Darkness

Death of the firstborn

7 When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.

8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9 Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.

10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

11 Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.

Now that their ministry was completed:

12 And they heard a loud Voice from Heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.

13 In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of Heaven.

14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

Jesus met with Moses and Elijah on the Mount of Transfiguration and the parallel of the two witnesses is compelling!  It is imperative that we view the linkage of the Old and New Testaments as an integrated message system given to us by FATHER.

The preciseness of the 70^th week and the legal requirements of two witnesses are fulfilled!

The Beloved Disciple recorded what he heard, saw, and experienced by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 11:

1  Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.

2 But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.

3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

FATHER uses “half-week” designations through Scripture:

Half of the (70^th) week of years is found in Daniel 9:27 and Revelation 12:14

1260 Days (1^st half) is found here in verse 3 as well as chapter 12 verse 6.

42 months (2^nd half) is found here in verse 2 as well as chapter 13 verse 5.

Time, times, the dividing of times (2^nd half) is found in Daniel 7:25, 12:7, and Revelation 12:14.  This use of times is our equivalent to both, or two.  This phrase represents 3 ½.

This period of time known as the 70^th week is the most documented period of time in the Bible which marks itself for a literal interpretation that limits the time of future judgment upon the earth, preceding the Millennium.  With what is happening in the Middle East today, it speaks of the last days of the end times!  It has been reported that four U.S. Carrier Groups have been deployed to the area.  The U.S. has a total of eleven with three currently in drydock.  This looks serious!

The literal fulfillment of the 69 weeks of Daniel 9:25 is a guarantee of the literal fulfillment of the 7-year duration of the 70^th week.

The term “Temple of GOD” is used in Scripture as follows:

Tabernacle

Solomon’s Temple

Zerubbabel’s Temple

Herod’s Temple (aka 2^nd Temple)

3^rd Temple referred to here in the verse above

Millennial Temple

Heaven’s Temple

The Temple Institute is currently fabricating utensils to be used in the 3^rd Temple.

For 3 ½ years, the two witnesses are given power to prophesy.  Why two witnesses?  This is the number of witnesses required by Law.

Moses recorded by THE SPIRIT in Deuteronomy chapter 17:

6 Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three witnesses; he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

And Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 18:

16 But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’

FATHER gives a clear and final warning by HIS two witnesses of the impending final judgment.  Even in judgment, we find a last attempt of mercy.

This “two witness” requirement even applied to the ongoing ministry of Our Lord Jesus Christ on earth:

At His transfiguration in Matthew chapter 17:

1  Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves;

2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.

At His resurrection in Luke chapter 24:

3  Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

4 And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.

5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?

6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,

7 saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.'”

And in Mark chapter 16:

12  After that, He (Jesus) appeared in another form to two of them as they walked and went into the country.

13 And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either.

At His ascension in Acts chapter 1:

9  Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,

FATHER takes HIS Word literally as well as seriously, and so should we.

There is a specific focus of judgment revealed by the two witnesses!

The Beloved Disciple recorded what he heard, saw, and experienced by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 11:

7 When they (the two witnesses) finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.

8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

First of all, the beast was allowed to overcome them only after they finished their ministry.  Until then, they were untouchable.  This is in contrast to the true church.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 16:

17  Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in Heaven.

18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

19 And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven.”

Sodom represents immorality.

Isaiah recorded by THE SPIRIT in Isaiah chapter 3:

8  For Jerusalem stumbled, And Judah is fallen, Because their tongue and their doings Are against the LORD, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

9 The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves.

10 “Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.

This judgment of immorality spans the earth, including the U.S.

Egypt represents idolatry.

Ezekiel recorded by THE SPIRIT in Ezekiel chapter 23:

3  They committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed.

4 Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

8 She has never given up her harlotry brought from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out their immorality upon her.

19   “Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling to remembrance the days of her youth, When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

Idol worship is closely linked to immorality for both reflect the lust of the flesh and the pride of life.

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1 John chapter 2:

15  Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world-the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life-is not of the Father but is of the world.

17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Immorality and idol worship are increasing in all areas of society.  Children are being exposed to both at early ages.  Their mindsets are being adversely affected by any means necessary to indoctrinate them to the liberal way of thinking.  Judgment is soon coming to the earth and those who belong to the true church must focus on producing righteous fruit until the harpazo occurs.  Now is not the time to be passive.

The end of the delay is at hand!

The Beloved Disciple recorded what he heard, saw, and experienced by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 10:

1  I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

2 He had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,

3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.

4 Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a Voice from Heaven saying to me, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.”

This angel is the third appearance of a distinctive messenger and the term “another” in Greek refers to one of the same kind as the previous angels.  His description includes: clouds, rainbow, sun, and feet.  These attributes link him closely to Jesus Christ and His ministry.

This angel roars like a lion which refers to the end time ministry of Jesus Christ when He returns to evoke judgment on the earth.  We are not clearly told who this angel is.  Two candidates would be Gabriel whose name means “strength of GOD” and Michael whose name mean “who is like GOD”.  It could be a third angel who closely represents the attributes of Jesus Christ Himself and has been held as a mystery until now.

The seven thunders uttered Words that John was not allowed to write even though he understood them.  These Words have been reserved for the “hereafter” which tells us that this Book in essence has not been completed. 

5  The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand to heaven

6 and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created Heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be delay no longer,

7 but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.

This angel has declared that the delay has completed and the time for repentance is now past.

The following are 14 mysteries mentioned in the New Testament:

The Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 13:11)

The Kingdom (Mark 4:11)

Israel’s Blindness (Romans 11:25)

The Rapture (1^st Corinthians 15:51)

His Will (Ephesians 1:9)

Christ and the Church (Ephesians 5:22)

The Gospel (Ephesians 3:4; Colossians 1:26-27; 4:3)

Iniquity (2^nd Thessalonians 2:7)

GOD and Christ (Colossians 2:2)

The Faith (1^st Timothy 3:9)

Godliness (1^st Timothy 3:16)

The Seven Stars and Golden Lampstands (Revelation 1:20)

Babylon the Great (Revelation 17:5)

The Harlot (Revelation 17:7)

8  Then the voice which I heard from Heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.”

9 So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.” And he said to me, “Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”

10 Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.

11 And he said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”

John was instructed to “eat the book” or assimilate it which means to take into the mind and thoroughly understand it.  This is exactly what we are to do in our daily walk (i.e., renew our minds).  This moves us from “head” knowledge to “heart” knowledge.  This is a central focus of The Holy Spirit in our lives.

The Word is often compared to food:

Bread in Matthew 4:4

Milk in 1^st Peter 2:2

Meat in 1^st Corinthians 3:1-2

Honey in Psalm 119:103

Assimilation is vital to our understanding of Scripture and The Holy Spirit is given to us for this purpose.

Who is the Ultimate Prophet?

The Holy Spirit of course.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 16:

7  Nevertheless I tell you the Truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;

11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13 However, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all Truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.

15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

Hamas attacked Israel on the night of October 6^th.  The Holy Spirit has had me focus on the last days of the end times months before this event.  In recent years, I had not been inclined to focus on the Book of Revelation with any intensity.  Now I understand why He led me to write these latest blogs.  He wants us to be aware of what is now happening as it relates to Scripture.

Jonathan Cahn’s video below provides us with significant information about the latest attack on Israel:

The unrepentant hearts of mankind were beyond comprehension!

The Beloved Disciple recorded what he saw and heard by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 9:

20  But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

21  And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

John listed four categories of unrighteousness:

Murders:  Consider abortion in the womb (The Holy of Holies).  Governments have been subsidizing murders prior to birth.  What do you think FATHER’S response will be?  Temporary carnal, sexual pleasure is at the root of most abortions.  These people are led by their flesh.

Sorceries (Gr. Pharmakeia): The use of drugs has become the avenue of choice that has infiltrated all levels of society, both legal and illegal.  The largest contingent of lobbyists in D.C. is from the drug industry.  Drugs don’t cure, they simply mask whatever ails a person including the psychological escapism of “getting high”.

Sexual Immorality:  All forms of commercial communication (especially advertisements) are promoting illicit sexual behavior.  Certain immoral groups are demanding social acceptance as though they have the right to defy their genetic makeup.  It is Sodom and Gomorrah all over again.  They weren’t spared the first time and won’t be spared this time as well.  Sex is the preoccupation of today’s culture.

Thefts:  Governments are stealing wealth from the average citizen on a daily basis under the cover of “the greater good”.  Who defines the greater good?  Those in power.  You create wealth by your labor and then your wealth is stolen by inflation on a subtle basis.  When the U.S. went off the gold standard in 1971, our wealth began its destruction process known as the fiat system.  The Dollar is solely based on perception and acceptance.  It is simply a claim and has liability attached to it.  This is at the center of the BRICS countries moving away from trade using the U.S. Dollar as the means of settlement.  They have been accumulating gold reserves in recent years to undermine their currencies with a precious metal that has no liability attached to it.  Socialism is the plundering of the productive people by the unaccountable.  There are too many tenacles of the unaccountable to mention.  FATHER called us to be fruitful (i.e., productive).  Selah!

These seven trumpets are parallel by the plagues of Egypt found in Exodus:

Warning #1 Warning #2 (no warning)	Waters turned to blood Frogs on land, homes Lice on persons	7:14-25 8:1-5 8:10-19
Warning #3 Warning #4 (no warning)	Flies on homes Disease on cattle Boils, sores: man & beast	8:20-24 9:1-7 9:8-12
Warning #5 Warning #6 (no warning) Warning #7	Thunder, hail Locusts Darkness of 3 days Firstborn, man and beast	9:18-35 10:1-20 10:21-29 11 & 12

When we read these chapters in Exodus, it is hard to fathom the hardness of heart of not only Pharoah but also the Egyptian population.  We see this same scenario in Revelation chapter 9.

Chapters 10-14 provide a pause of the three “woes” before the seventh trumpet.

The seven trumpet judgments begin!

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 8:

1  When He (Jesus) opened the seventh seal, there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour.

2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.

3  Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the Throne.

4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.

5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were voices, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.

FATHER responds to the prayers of the saints which begin the judgments of the trumpets:

Vegetation is struck.

The seas are struck.

The waters are struck.

The heavens are struck.

Thus, all aspects of the earth were affected by the first four trumpets.  I see these as literal, physical events though some refer to these events as being allegorical.  We must not limit ourselves to viewing events that we have not yet seen as being allegorical.  In early history, mankind could not fathom cars, planes, the Internet, and cell phones, yet here we are!

And in verse 13:

And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of Heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”

The Beloved Disciple continued in Revelation chapter 9:

1  Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit.

This “star” was a person whom I believe to be satan.  He had no authority himself to open the pit but was given authorization.

2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.

3 Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

Why five months?  Noah’s flood was 150 days as indicated in Genesis 7:24.

10  They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months.

11 And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

This last verse shows that these creatures were not locusts but were “as” locusts.

Wisdom provides us with clarification in Proverbs chapter 30:

27 The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks;

The names Abaddon and Apollyon mean “destroyer”.  These locusts appear to be “demon” locusts which fit their intent.  Actual locusts have no king.

Continuing in Revelation chapter 9:

13  Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

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.

These angels are clearly territorial, and the timing represents 1,1,1,1.  This shows the preciseness of the timing of FATHER’S plan.

Even with a third of mankind killed, the rest did not repent:

20  But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

One would think that with the removal of the church and all the resulting events afterward, that people would change.  Sadly, they didn’t!

Once again, at the seventh event (opening the final seal of the scroll), there is contained seven events just as in the Book of Joshua!

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 8:

1  When He (Jesus) opened the seventh seal, there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour.

2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.

The Book of Joshua parallels the Book of Revelation as a type and shadow:

The name of Joshua means: Jehoshua = “Jehovah is salvation”, which is a variant of the Name of Jesus.

The Book of Joshua focuses on the military commander removing the usurpers from the land.

Joshua has a 7-year campaign equivalent to the 70^th week.

Joshua is going against seven nations.

The Sabbath is ignored, and the Levites are involved at Jericho, ignoring the Torah.

Two spies (witnesses to Rahab the harlot) are sent out and in Revelation, there are two witnesses.

Levites were not supposed to go to war.

It is recorded by THE SPIRIT in Joshua chapter 5:

13  And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His Hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, “Are You for us or for our adversaries?”

14 So He said, “No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to His servant?”

15 Then the Commander of the LORD’s army said to Joshua, “Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is Holy.” And Joshua did so.

This was not an angel, but Jesus Himself.  Angels are not associated with Holy ground when they arrive on the scene.  Joshua is commanded to worship Him whereas angels are not allowed to be worshipped.

Joshua 6:2  And the LORD said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.

3 You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days.

4 And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

5 It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat. And the people shall go up every man straight before him.”

6 Then Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD.”

7 And he said to the people, “Proceed, and march around the city, and let him who is armed advance before the ark of the LORD.”

10 Now Joshua had commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.”

Just as the theme and pattern are seen by John in the Book of Revelation, there are sevens within sevens also in the Book of Joshua.

Rahab (a non-Jew) is saved and becomes the mother of Boaz who is the kinsman-redeemer in the Book of Ruth (another non-Jew).  Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi, who is Jewish is restored as well.

There are seven trumpet events preceded by silence.

And in Joshua chapter 10:

1Now it came to pass when Adoni-Zedek (translated king of righteousness) king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it-as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king-and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

2 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

The usurper king of Jerusalem attempted to take on the title of Jesus but Jesus, the true King, will conquer ALL the land and set up His Throne in Jerusalem.  He will sit on the real Throne of David as prophesied to Mary.

Joshua 10:

1  Now it came to pass when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it-as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king-and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

2 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

When Jesus returns with His Saints, great fear will come upon the earth as the inhabitants realize their loyalty was misdirected and they will forever regret their misguided path!

Francis Chan went to Israel to video and create the proper perspective concerning Israel and FATHER’S irrevocable commitment to them.

FATHER has and will go through extremes for our eligibility to be restored to HIM!

He references Revelation chapter 7… how appropriate given our current study:

After the 144,000 Jews have been sealed, a new group from the Great Tribulation is introduced as being saved!

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 7:

9   After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the Throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

First, the 144,000 are sealed THEN the next group is described.

10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to Our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

11 All the angels stood around the Throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the Throne and worshiped God,

12 saying: “Amen! Blessing and glory and Wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to Our God forever and ever. Amen.” (7 descriptives)

13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?”

14 And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 Therefore they are before the Throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the Throne will dwell among them.

16 They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;

17 for the Lamb Who is in the midst of the Throne will shepherd them and lead them to Living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

The 24 elders (representing the true church) sang a new song whereas this group cried with a loud voice.  The redemption of the true church is different from those who have been redeemed out of the Great Tribulation.  The second group were redeemed by the ministry of the 144,000 who were sealed.  Though The Holy Spirit was taken away at the beginning of 70^th week, His ministry in an external sense remained on earth so that those left could be redeemed.  The Holy Spirit operated externally in the Old Testament and internally within us in the New Testament: He came upon versus entered into.

The 24 elders rule and reign whereas this group serve Him day and night in His Temple.

Why are there tears in Heaven?  Aren’t they weeping over lost opportunities?  Once any of us comprehend the glory of Heaven to the extent that can be experienced before His Throne, each of us will reflect what could have been done on earth on behalf of Our Lord Jesus Christ.  We will comprehend what really matters versus what we thought while walking out this life on earth.

The following table contrast the two groups identified by John:

Tribulation Saints		24 Elders
Not Crowned		Crowned
Palms in their hands		Harps, no palms
Saved out of the Tribulation		Kept out of the Tribulation
They stand before thrones		They sit on thrones
They serve Him day and night		They reign as kings & priests
They are not recognized by John

Now is the time to qualify for the first group who arrives in Heaven as a result of the harpazo.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Corinthians chapter 9:

24  Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.

26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.

27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.