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Rapture and the Second Coming



Many people believe that the rapture (the catching up) and the return of the Jesus Christ (Second Coming) to earth are the same event. However, scripture shows this idea to be false. 

  • Jude 1:14-15 KJV — And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.


Enoch was prophesying about the return of Jesus, not the rapture. During the Second Coming, which is the return of Jesus, He will ride to earth WITH His saints (Zechariah 14:5, Revelation 19:14, Jude 1:14, Daniel 7:27).  This is not possible unless the dead in Christ have recieved their glorified bodies, which happens before the 7 year Tribulation period begins:

  • 1 Corinthians 15:48-54 KJV - As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. [49] And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. [50] Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. [51] Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, [52] In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. [53] For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. [54] So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.



The Letter To the Church of Philadelphia seems to indicate that just like Noah and Lot, God will save His remnant, His sanctified and faithful ones that believe in Jesus as LORD and savior, from the flood of judgment that will come upon the entire world. In an instant, we will be changed and caught up to Heaven before the day of judgment. This seems to match this Biblical passage as well:


  • Revelation 3:10-11 KJV - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. [11] Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.


Many say that the rapture is false doctrine because the word "rapture" is not in the Bible. Yet, it actually does appear in the latin Bible, but in our english translation it was translated to "caught up". Bible.org tells us the following:

• Rapture Article

Rapture is a state or experience of being carried away. The English word comes from a Latin word, rapio, which means to seize or snatch in relation to an ecstasy of spirit or the actual removal from one place to another. In other words, it means to be carried away in spirit or in body. The Rapture of the church means the carrying away of the church from earth to heaven.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 KJV - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: [17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

The Greek word from this term “rapture” is derived from 1 Thessalonians 4:17, which uses the translated word for the rapture as “caught up.” The Latin translation of this verse and phrase "caught up" used the word rapturo. The Greek word that "rapturo" was translated to is "harpazo," which means to snatch or take away. Elsewhere this rapture word is used to describe how the Spirit caught up Philip near Gaza and brought him to Caesarea (Acts 8:39) and to describe Paul’s experience of being caught up into the third heaven (2 Cor. 12:2-4). Thus there can be no doubt that the word is used in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 to indicate the actual removal of people from earth to heaven.


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The Second Coming 

During the rapture (Strongs G726) Jesus does not return to earth with His Saints, but instead He calls them up to Heaven and in an instant the dead in Christ and those who are alive and remain (in Christ) will be changed into incorruptle bodies of the Heavenly image. It seems the rapture must happen for the Kingdom of Heaven to be ready for Christ's return and for the saints to have their bodies. We see clearly that Jesus' Second Coming is after the Tribulation and will be visible to all:

  • Matthew 24:29-30 KJV - Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: [30] And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.


• The Chief Cornerstone 

  • 1 Thessalonians 3:13 KJV - To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.


This is also revealed in the Book of Revelation:

  • Revelation 19:11-21 KJV - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. [12] His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. [13] And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. [14] And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. [15] And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. [16] And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS . [17] And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; [18] That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. [19] And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. [21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.


Revelation 19 appears to be the same battle of Armageddon that is referenced by Zechariah in his final chapter where it appears Christ will stand upon the Mount of Olives and He will return with His Saints:

  • Zechariah 14:1-5 KJV — Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

An Escape From Judgment 


Various Christian dreams, visions, and prophetic messages indicate that as the bombs come down, the Christian remnant will go up in the rapture (1 Corinthians 15:50):

• Christians Up, Bombs Down


We are in evil days just as in the days of Noah and Lot, and as they were saved out of the judgment, so will we I believe.  



It seems this scripture passage from Jesus specifically is referring to the rapture of the Church and not the Second Coming of Jesus:

  • Matthew 24:36-42 KJV - But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. [37] But as the days of Noe (Noah) were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. [38] For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, [39] And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. [40] Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. [41] Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. [42] Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.


Some people say the word "taken" is referring to being killed, but that does not match the Noah narrative because with the flood all perished and none remained alive but Noah and his family. This passage tells us that two will be in the field and the other left, which matches the instant catching away spoken of in this passage regarding the rapture (the catching up rapture by Jesus Christ):

  • 1 Corinthians 15:52-53 KJV - In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. [53] For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

* See also 1 Thessalonians 4:16

  • Luke 17:26-30 KJV - And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. [27] They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. [28] Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; [29] But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. [30] Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

  



A Tyndale Clue

The first man to break away from the corrupt Roman Catholic church and translate a copy of the Bible to common English was William Tyndale. He was then persecuted and hunted and eventually caught and burned at the stake by the Roman Catholic Church — sounds like a trustworthy translation. This is the 1526 version of the Tyndale Bible, and Jesus is speaking in Matthew 24 about the end of the age:

  • Matthew 24 - 37 As the tyme of Noe was so lyke wyse shall the cominge of the sonne of man be. 38 For as in the dayes before the floud: they dyd eate and drynke mary and were maried even vnto the daye that Noe entred into the shyppe 39 and knewe of nothynge tyll the floude came and toke them all awaye. So shall also the commynge of the sonne of man be. 40 Then two shalbe in the feldes the one shalbe receaved and the other shalbe refused 41 two shalbe gryndinge at the myll: the one shalbe receaved and the othershalbe refused. 42 Wake therfore because ye knowe not what houre youre master wyll come.

Many people say that Jesus here is speaking about people being killed (taken) because the KJV translation says "taken". Yet, the KJV borrowed most of their text from the Tynsdale Bible, and yet I trust Tynsdale's translation on this verse set and not the KJV variation. The point here is that I believe Jesus is talking about the sudden rapture event that is talked about in 1 Corinthians 15:52, where those who are in Christ and rapture ready will vanish suddenly. This seems to be what is meant by one will be "received" and the other refused in the Tynsdale 1526 translation. This is also seen in the Young's Literal Translation Bible:

  • Matthew 24:40 YLT - Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received, and the one is left;

And in context, in Matthew 24:36 I believe Jesus is talking about how Noah was spared from the flood, just as those who are rapture ready will be spared from the sudden destruction of the Tribulation starting point, the kick off event in my opinion. So therefore, it appears Jesus Himself hints at the rapture doctrine. In addition the word "taken" in Matthew 24:40 in the KJV is from the Greek word that means to receive near:

Strong's G3880 - paralambanō παραλαμβάνω
Transliteration: paralambanō
Pronunciation: par-al-am-ban'-o
Part of Speech: verb
Root Word (Etymology): From παρά (G3844) and λαμβάνω (G2983)

  • Strong's Definitions: παραλαμβάνω paralambánō, par-al-am-ban'-o; from G3844 and G2983; to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn:—receive, take (unto, with).

In contrast, Jesus tells us His return will be a different event than a sudden vanishing event:

  • Matthew 24:29-30 KJV — Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.


The Man-Child Rapture 

This rapture event, I believe, is also found in Revelation 12 as we see the man child who is to rule all the nations will be caught up to Heaven just before Lucifer and his kingdom devours the him (Man Child):

  • Revelation 12:3-5 KJV - And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. [4] And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. [5] And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.


I believe the head of the Man-Child (Christ) was already taken up to Heaven about 2000 years ago, yet His body of believers (Christians) will soon be caught up and birthed into Heaven.


• A Baby Born, A Holy Nation




Wise Virgins - Bride Of Christ 

The rapture is like a Marriage between Christ and His Church, and as Jesus gave us the Parable of the 10 Virgins in Matthew 25, we must be ready for the Wedding! 


A Tale Of Two Weddings

It seems only a remnant who walks in obedience to the LORD will be spared, the 5 wise virgins who have extra oil in their lamps, eagerly awaiting the Bridegroom. We must be as a virgin bride without spot, wrinkle, or blemish and to pray always to be accounted worthy to escape what is to come (Luke 21:36).





The Two Become One Forever 

Just as woman was made from the rib of Adam, so where we His Church made in the likeness of Christ who through His Spirit has breathed life into our lungs and formed us from the dust of the earth. He paid the price, the dowry, when He hung upon that Cross, and when He was lifted up He proposed to His beloved Bride. Yet we must be sanctified, set apart, as a pure virgin awaiting for our marriage in Heaven when the veil will be lifted and we will see Him face to face! Hallelujah! There is a happy ever after for Him a d His beloved! A new heaven, a new earth awaits those who love Him and are obedient to Him!


  • Ephesians 5:22-33 KJV — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.


As of now, we see through a glass dimly, as Christ is known to us by revelation of the Spirit within us. Yet, the veil will be lifted when we, the 5 wise virgins, reiceve our glorified bodies at the time of the rapture (1 Corinthians 15:52) and then the marriage is consummated in glory and we will see our Bridegroom face to face as a Bride removes her veil at the marriage ceremony. It is said not to see your spouse at on the day of Marriage until you are at the Altar, this is a mystery - a shadow of the ultimate wedding between man and God at the Wedding Supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19). Those things that are hard to understand now will be seen clearly as Christ and His wife will become as one flesh even as a man and his wife on earth become as one. 




1611 KJV Apocrypha - Rapture


It appears the KJV Apocryphal Book of 2nd Esdras speaks of the tribulation period, and the rapture. It is said this was written by Ezra the Scribe of the Old Testament:


  • 1611 KJV Apocrypha — 2 Esdras 6 — 13 He answered and said to me, “Rise to your feet and you will hear a full, resounding voice. 14 And if the place where you are standing is greatly shaken 15 while the voice is speaking, do not be terrified; because the word concerns the end, and the foundations of the earth will understand 16 that the speech concerns them. They will tremble and be shaken, for they know that their end must be changed.” 17 When I heard this, I got to my feet and listened; a voice was speaking, and its sound was like the sound of mighty[e] waters. 18 It said, “The days are coming when I draw near to visit the inhabitants of the earth, 19 and when I require from the doers of iniquity the penalty of their iniquity, and when the humiliation of Zion is complete. 20 When the seal is placed upon the age that is about to pass away, then I will show these signs: the books shall be opened before the face of the firmament, and all shall see my judgment[f] together. 21 Children a year old shall speak with their voices, and pregnant women shall give birth to premature children at three and four months, and these shall live and leap about. 


  • 22 Sown places shall suddenly appear unsown, and full storehouses shall suddenly be found to be empty; 23 the trumpet shall sound aloud, and when all hear it, they shall suddenly be terrified. 24 At that time friends shall make war on friends like enemies, the earth and those who inhabit it shall be terrified, and the springs of the fountains shall stand still, so that for three hours they shall not flow. 25 “It shall be that whoever remains after all that I have foretold to you shall be saved and shall see my salvation and the end of my world. 26 And they shall see those who were taken up, who from their birth have not tasted death; and the heart of the earth’s[g] inhabitants shall be changed and converted to a different spirit. 27 For evil shall be blotted out, and deceit shall be quenched; 28 faithfulness shall flourish, and corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which has been so long without fruit, shall be revealed.” 


It seems the Book of 2nd Esdras (4th Ezra) also speaks of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb that I believe takes place in Heaven after the Pre-Tribulation Rapture until Christ and His saints return at the end of Daniel's 70th Week (See Revelation 19).
 

  • 1611 KJV Apocrypha — 2 Esdras 2 - 26 As for the servants whom I have given thee, there shall not one of them perish; for I will require them from among thy number. 27 Be not weary: for when the day of trouble and heaviness cometh, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but thou shalt be merry and have abundance. 28 The heathen shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do nothing against thee, saith the Lord. 29 My hands shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see hell. 30 Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children; for I will deliver thee, saith the Lord. 31 Remember thy children that sleep, for I shall bring them out of the sides of the earth, and shew mercy unto them: for I am merciful, saith the Lord Almighty. 32 Embrace thy children until I come and shew mercy unto them: for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail. 33 I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon the mount Oreb, that I should go unto Israel; but when I came unto them, they set me at nought, and despised the commandment of the Lord. 34 And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and understand, look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world. 35 Be ready to the reward of the kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore. 36 Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I testify my Saviour openly. 37 O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto him that hath led you to the heavenly kingdom.  
  • 38  Arise up and stand, behold the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord; 39 Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord. 40 Take thy number, O Sion, and shut up those of thine that are clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord. 41 The number of thy children, whom thou longedst for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed. 42 I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs. 43 And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly. 44 So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these? 45 He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms. 46 Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands?  47 So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord. 48 Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy God, thou hast seen.


We also observe that the "First Parable" (Chapter 38 of 1 Enoch) seems to speak of Christ's Second Coming:

  • 1 Enoch - Chapter 38 - When the congregation of the righteous shall appear, And sinners shall be judged for their sins, And shall be driven from the face of the earth: 2 And when the Righteous One shall appear before the eyes of the righteous, Whose elect works hang upon the Lord of Spirits, And light shall appear to the righteous and the elect who dwell on the earth, Where then will be the dwelling of the sinners, And where the resting-place of those who have denied the Lord of Spirits? It had been good for them if they had not been born.
  • 3 When the secrets of the righteous shall be revealed and the sinners judged, And the godless driven from the presence of the righteous and elect, 4 From that time those that possess the earth shall no longer be powerful and exalted: And they shall not be able to behold the face of the holy, For the Lord of Spirits has caused His light to appear On the face of the holy, righteous, and elect.
  • 5 Then shall the kings and the mighty perishAnd be given into the hands of the righteous and holy. 6 And thenceforward none shall seek for themselves mercy from the Lord of Spirits For their life is at an end.
  

The Four Horsemen 

This Coronavirus (Crown Virus) seems to be related to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and will help thrust the AntiChrist into world.power after the rapture and sudden destruction most likely involving WW3 and the destruction of America Babylon (Revelation 18).



• Four Horsemen of Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen will be given one fourth of the world's population to kill with hunger, war, and death in the beginning of the 7 year tribulation period (Revelation 6:1-8). This is only four of the 21 judgments of the Book of Revelation (7 Seals, 7 Trumpets, 7 Vials).


While I believe the terrible and dreadful Day of YHVH will begin with sudden destruction (WW3) and the destruction of America (Revelation 18) according to 1 Thessalonians 5:3, I believe the 7 year time does not begin until the AntiChrist rises from the ashes of chaos and death and destruction and "confirms" or strengthens the false peace covenant with Israel (Daniel 9:27) for one week, which in the Hebrew refers to a 7 year period. It seems the Red Horse could begin first, then the White Horse (AntiChrist) and then perhaps the other two horses? Or will they all sort of work hand in hand woven through various events at the same time?


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Recent Focus on Israel


If anyone has watched the news in 2020 they would see that the international spotlight was on Israel and the Mid-East. Recently Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu who is fighting to keep his political position, has been promising the Annexation of the West Bank, to add pockets of land to Israeli Sovereignty. This However, has led to a spark in conflict between Israel and the Palistinians as well as Iran and other Arab Muslim Nations.

Afterwards, we saw how Israel in working with the United States President Donald Trump and his administration, has worked out a peace deal with the UAE since the Palistian-Israel negotiations were on hold. Afterwards, we have seen many news reports of other Muslim Arab Nations seeking to establish peace with Israel through the Trump Administration such as with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and others. We also see that Serbia and Kosovo in September 2020 decided to commit to peace negotiations with the USA and Israel.


• Israel-UAE Deal - Sudden Destruction

However, many of these Gulf Arab Nations have recieved backlash from the Palestinians and the Iranians for trying to make peace with Israel without securing the Palistinian State first, which seems to only put more pressure on Israel to cave in to accepting a Two State Solution with a Palestinian Capital in East Jerusalem and no land Annexation for Israel in the West Bank. This will break the everlasting covenant given from God YHVH to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel) and his seed forever, and according to Zechariah 12:3 all parties involved will be cut into pieces, including the United States who is at the forefront of these "peace" negotiations.

I suspect that all of these peace negotiations surrounding Israel and the Mid-East countries are setting the stage for the rise of the AntiChrist who will be seen as a false Savior to the Jews and Muslims and establish a better and improved peace covenant with Israel and many for one week, meaning seven years. It is my belief that President Trump's efforts to make peace in the region will only lead to sudden destruction and the desolation of America, making way for the AntiChrist to rise from the ashes as the White Horse rider who is given a Crown (Dominon) and a Bow (Covenant) as prophesied in Revelation 6.



The 4th Beast Kingdom 

This idea of the Milinneal Kingdom being established after the AntiChrist reign was first revealed in the Book of Daniel:

  • Daniel 7:23-27 KJV - Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. [24] And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. [25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. [26] But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. [27] And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

• Final Beast System
• Rise of the Pheonix (NWO)





The 4th Beast and Little Horn (Antichrist) parallels the AntiChrist reign with the False Prophet and the Ten Horns (Kings) revealed in the Book of Revelation during Daniel's 70th week just before Jesus returns:

  • Revelation 13:1,5-8 KJV - And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. [5] And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. [6] And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. [7] And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. [8] And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Alien Threat and the New World Order

The Bible tells us that when the AntiChrist rises, He will give the world over to a strong delusion:

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:1-13 KJV - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, [2] That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. [3] Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; [4] Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. [5] Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? [6] And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. [7] For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. [8] And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: [9] Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, [10] And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. [11] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: [12] That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. [13] But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.


I believe this "strong delusion" will involve an Alien deception or alien contact in which will help unite the world in deception under the authority of the AntiChrist and False Prophet:

• Alien Deception


Former US President Reagan hints on an alien threat being the catalyst for uniting the peoples and nations of the world. I believe the Alien deception will be used as a tool to plunge the One World Order into existence under the AntiChrist rule:

Ronald Reagan - Alien Threat

I also believe this deception will be tied into the revealing of the Antichrist as the One World leader in 2 Thessalonians 2, called the Man of Sin:



The Cover Story

I believe after the remnant Christian Church goes in the rapture, the AntiChrist and the world will explain away the rapture as an alien abduction to hide the truth of the Bible.


* The fallen ones, under the direction of Satan in the Book of Enoch 1, came to earth and made physical contact with mankind, and I believe God will allow this to happen again as judgment to a sinful generation

The Tribulation Saints

However, those Saints who die for Christ during the 7 year tribulation (Daniel's 70th week), will be resurrected after Jesus and the Saints (raptured Christians) return to defeat the False Prophet and the Beast (AntiChrist):

  • Revelation 20:4-6 KJV - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. [5] But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. [6] Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.




Note - Revelation 20:4 says only the tribulation saints were resurrected at Christ's Return and says nothing about the dead in Christ from the past 2000 years as in the rapture passages.


The First Resurrection is referring to the resurrection of the Tribulation Saints, and the Second Resurrection seems to be referring to resurrection of all people to be judged after the Millinneal Kingdom:

  • Revelation 20:7-15 KJV - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, [8] And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. [9] And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. [10] And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are , and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. [11] And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. [12] And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. [13] And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. [14] And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. [15] And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.


The Millennial Reign

We know that the New Testament church was promised to rule and reign with Christ in the Milinneal Kingdom:

• Millinneal Kingdom (Revelation 19-20)


  • Revelation 2:26-27 KJV - And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: [27] And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
  • Revelation 1:5-6 KJV - And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, [6] And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

It appears we who are raptured before Daniel's 70th week will return with Him (Jesus):


  • Zechariah 14:3-5,9 KJV - Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. [4] And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. [5] And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. [9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.



The Great White Throne

The Great White Throne Judgment seems to be the final judgment before the New Heavens and the New Earth are established:

  • Daniel 12:2 KJV - And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

It appears after the Millennial Reign of Christ on earth, the LORD will release Satan to try all the inhabitants of the earth and another final Gog of MaGog battle will take place until the enemies of God are consumed and Satan is cast into the Lake of Fire forever:

  • Revelation 20:7-15 KJV - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, [8] And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. [9] And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. [10] And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. [11] And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. [12] And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. [13] And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. [14] And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. [15] And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.


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