JACOBS TROUBLE
 

INTRODUCTION

Jer 30:7  Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

Dan 12:4.  But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. 

Jer 23:20  The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. 

We are living in the most dangerous time of human history. The time is now near when God the Father will punish His chosen nation, Israel, for all the abominations they now commit. There will be a persecution and martyrdom of saints, and the gentile nations will then be punished for their wickedness. This time will see the return of God the Father and Christ to this earth, to prevent the world being destroyed. God will use the watchman of Ezekiel to warn modern day Israel of the impending disaster, and to show them how they can avoid the calamity. The two witnesses will warn the gentiles of their fate. 

This article will answer such questions as:

Who will build the temple of God? 
Who sets up the abomination of desolation? 
What is the abomination of desolation?
When does the place of safety occur?
How Gods people can be protected from the time of Jacob’s trouble?
Who is the beast, who was, and is not, and yet is?

Jacob’s trouble is not the time when all life is threatened

Be prepared for some surprises, but only believe the bible.
 

CHAPTER ONE.  JACOBS TROUBLE

The Philadelphian era of Gods church, with Mr. Armstrong the physical leader, was given the knowledge of who modern day Israel are, and the book of Ezekiel verifies it. The House of Israel; speaks the same language as the watchman.

Eze 3:5.  For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel; 
Eze 3:6.  Not to many people of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. 

God told the Israelites, during the exodus, what would happen to them if they obeyed His laws. The old covenant promised fabulous physical blessings: for physical obedience. Israel would have become the showpiece of the world; and every nation could learn of the great love and power of the great God. God the Father also made it very clear what would happen; if they disobeyed him: Israel did not obey God, and the penalty for that disobedience, has to be paid. The sequence of events is very clear, and is possibly not too far away, because of the increase of terrorism and hate, which is increasing against the English speaking countries.

Lev. 26 v 1 to 13. gives an account of the blessings God would give for obedience to the covenant. The tribe of Joseph, [Ephraim and Manasseh,] were given great blessings, because of an unconditional promise made to Abraham, not because of obedience to God. The promise was passed down from Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob, and then to Joseph: whose sons, Ephraim and Manasseh were both promised great physical blessings. The knowledge of who Ephraim and Manasseh are; was given , in part ,to the Philadelphian era of Gods church.

Rev 3:7  And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; 

Isa 22:22  And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 

The knowledge of whom latter day Ephraim and Manasseh are: is the key to the house of David. Ephraim’s descendants are Great Britain and Manasseh’s descendants are America. It would be impossible to know where Davids throne is, without the knowledge of where latter day Ephraim and Manasseh are.

1Ki 2:45  And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever. 

Jer 33:17  For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; 

Along with the physical blessings: we were given the holy bible, which showed us how to keep the covenant that God made with us. We have, as a nation; and individually; rejected this book. The great God of the universe will reject us, and bring on all the words of the covenant, if we don’t repent of our sins, and turn to God. 

Lam 5:21  Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 
Lam 5:22  But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. 

These blessings and this land, with its great riches, which we were given, will be taken from us: unless we turn from all our abominations, and begin to obey our creator. Leviticus Ch. 26 gives a very clear picture of the wave of events that will bring the English speaking Countries to their knees, and decimate them. Repentance is available until the last wave of events, when God will utterly turn his back on us. 

Isa 54:7  For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 
Isa 54:8  In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. 

The old covenant required Israel to keep Gods statutes and Commandments.

Lev 26:3  If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 

The promises of physical riches were given to all of Israel, who readily agreed to them.

Exo 24:7  And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 

The Israelites were not able to keep the covenant, and were never given the full riches of the covenant. The individual tribes were given individual blessings. The promises made to Abraham were unconditional. These promises have been realized in Ephraim and Manasseh. [Great Britain and America.]

The covenant had been accepted, and the results of breaking it, still has to be paid.

Jer 11:8  Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. 

Eze 16:59  For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 

The warning has to go to the English speaking Nations; but all of Israel will hear it.

Hos 5:9  Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 

Isa 9:8  The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. 

The waves of events, which bring the English speaking Nations down, because of their disobedience to God; are quoted clearly in Lev. 26.

The first wave is:

Lev 26:16  I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 
Lev 26:17  And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 

Terror is caused by terrorists and is already expected. Consumption is a wasting away of the body. Burning ague is acute fever. Enemies eat crops; this is an army of insects that destroy the crops. 

Slain before your enemies. 
This has already started with terrorist attacks. They that hate you will reign over you. Reign means tread down or crumble off. This is how terrorists attack.

If we do not repent after the first series of warnings: the punishment will increase sevenfold.

Lev 26:18  And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 
Lev 26:19  And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 
Lev 26:20  And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 

These two verses foretell the loss of national confidence and the onset of drought.

Isa 9:13  For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. 
Isa 9:14  Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 
Isa 9:15  The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Isa 9:16  For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. 

The leaders and the lying prophets will die in one day.

If we as a nation do not turn to God at this stage, we will be punished seven times more.

Lev 26:21  And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 
Lev 26:22  I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. 

Jer 5:6  Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. 

Eze 14:15  If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: 

Jer 8:17  For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. 
 

Wild beasts will kill many.

The following verses show that the punishment, once again, increases sevenfold: if we do not repent.

Lev 26:23  And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; 
Lev 26:24  Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 
Lev 26:25  And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 
Lev 26:26  And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

Here we see the English, speaking people are in the very throes of famine, plague and national captivity. The army that is brought by God is used to  pay the penalty for the broken covenant.

Even at this stage of Jacob’s trouble, we can still repent, and God will listen. The Great God gives us every chance to repent. It is only the final stage of Gods wrath that God turns his back on us.

Lev 26:28  Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 
Lev 26:29  And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 
Lev 26:30  And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. 
Lev 26:31  And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors. 
Lev 26:32  And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 
Lev 26:33  And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 

Lam 2:20  Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 
 

This is the period of time when repentance is unavailable..

Isa 54:7  For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 
Isa 54:8  In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. 

The Nations turn to cannibalism. God turns his back on us because of our refusal to turn to him. The Nations of Great Britain, and America, are utterly devastated, to the point where two thirds of the people have died, one third is scattered throughout the world. Ultimately, only one tenth of those in captivity will survive. 
The call to arms, comes too late, to stop the slaughter.

Eze 7:14  They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 

The above punishment need not happen, but it seems unlikely that the Nations will repent and turn to God.

The above scriptures show the events to come to pass, which make up the time: known in the bible as Jacobs trouble.

Jer 30:7  Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. 

The first four seals of Revelation Ch. 6; also tell of the time of Jacob’s trouble. The first seal is the White Horse.

Rev 6:1  And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 
Rev 6:2  And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 

The first seal is Ishmael: 
Abrahams son.

Gen 21:20  And God was with the lad; [Ishmael] and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. [bow]

Gen 17:20  And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. [crown] 

Ishmael was Abraham’s first son, but God rejected him, in favour of Isaac. Esau married a daughter of Ishmael, which added to the hate, which they had, and still have, mainly of the tribe of Joseph and Judah.

Gen 28:9  Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 

Isa.  9:12.  The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 

Eze 25:15  Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; 

Gen 49:22  Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 
Gen 49:23  The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 
 

Eze 16:27  Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. 

The Arab Nations will join together, to cause terrorism. God calls it the old hatred, and the perpetual hatred.

The first seal is terrorism, brought on by those Nations, which hate modern day Jacob. These Arab Nations hate and kill in the name of religion.

The second seal is the red horse.

Rev 6:3  And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 
Rev 6:4  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 second seal is a great army. 

Isa 10:5  O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 
Isa 10:6  I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 

Eze 16:28  Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. 

Jer 50:17  Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 

Friend and foe will be united against Ephraim and Manasseh.

Eze 16:37  Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. 

The third seal is famine.

Rev 6:5.  And, when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come, and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 
Rev 6:6.  And, I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 

Lev 26:26  And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 

The fourth seal is Gods fury on an unrepentant Joseph.

Rev 6:7  And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 
Rev 6:8  And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. 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? 

The fourth seal is a combination of Gods four sore judgments. 

Eze 14:21  For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? 

Lam 2:20  Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 
Lam 2:21  The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. 

Deu 28:49  The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 
Deu 28:50  A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: 
Deu 28:51  And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 
Deu 28:52  And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 

The time of Jacobs trouble will come on the English speaking nations, because of our wickedness, and disobedience to Gods laws and statutes. There have been many false prophets of doom over the years: all have been wrong. It is God who will decide when the warning will go out, and when the trouble will come.

Eze 12:22  Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 
Eze 12:23  Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. 

God will protect anyone who turns to him, and obeys him. Psalm 91 tells how we can be protected during the time of Jacobs trouble.

These following events bring latter day Jacob down, because of their refusal to obey Gods covenant.

[1] Terrorists chipping away and killing many, disease, insects destroying crops.

[2] Pride of power gets broken, drought, crop failure.

[3] Plagues, wild beasts.

[4] Attack and defeat from enemy, pestilence, famine.

[5] Combination of sword, famine, wild beasts, plague: Cause utter destruction, cannibalism, and captivity. God the Father turns away completely from Israel. Two thirds of English speaking people die, and 90% of those in captivity die. 
How sad that Israel will once again become slaves in Egypt.
All these things would not have happened if we would have obeyed our God.
Notice that Israel are taken to Egypt by ships to be sold to their enemies.

Deu 28:68  And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. 

CHAPTER 2.
JACOB’S CAPTIVITY
 

One third of our nations will go into captivity.

Eze 5:12  A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 

The people who go into captivity will be decimated among the countries where they are scattered.

Amo 5:3  For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went forth by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. 

Eze 35:2  Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 
Eze 35:3  And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. 
Eze 35:4  I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 
Eze 35:5  Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: 

The captives have no heart left, and will have a terrible time among the heathen nations. 

Lev 26:36  And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 

God will still honor the covenant; that he made with the Israelites during the time of the Exodus. The army, which God brought on Israel, has avenged the breaking of the covenant. God will ensure that some will be left of the captives and eventually he will bring them out of the heathen nations, back to Israel.

Lev 26:25  And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 

The following verse shows that Israel and God the Father have walked contrary to each other.

Lev 26:40  If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 
Lev 26:41  And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 
Lev 26:42  Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

Lam 5:20  Wherefore dost thou forget us forever, and forsake us so long time? 
Lam 5:21  Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 
 

The prophecy in the book of Malachi, will be fulfilled at the time of captivity. The word ‘Fathers’ should be translated ‘Father’

Mal 4:5  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 
Mal 4:6  And he shall turn the heart of the fathers [Father] to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, [the Father] lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. 

The Prophet Elijah, will turn the hearts of the Children of Israel to God the Father. Elijah will also turn Gods heart to the Israelites. [God had completely turned his back on Jacob, at the last wave of events.] 

Elijah also has to restore all things. The judgments, ordinances, statutes, and commandments of God; have long been forgotten. They will be restored.   This will be done by John the baptist who has been resurrected at this time.

Mat 17:11  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elijah truly shall first come, and restore all things. 

Mat 11:12  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 
Mat 11:13  For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 
Mat 11:14  And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. 
 

It appears that the captives are brought back to Israel in the third year of their captivity.

Hos 6:1  Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 
Hos 6:2  After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 
 
 

CHAPTER 3
RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY.
 

Eventually, God the Father will bring the Israelites out of captivity.
 

Isa 11:11  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 

This exodus will dwarf the original exodus from Egypt. It is God the Father who leads the Israelites out of the countries.

Jer 23:7  Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 
Jer 23:8  But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. 

Before they are rescued from captivity they must learn many valuable lessons.  They must realize that their ways have been wrong.
They must repent, and turn to God.
They must realize that Jacob’s trouble has been for their ultimate salvation.
This is what God had to do to them before they would see the errors of their ways. 

Notice the changed attitude of the Israelites when they return from captivity. 

Eze 14:22  Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. 
Eze 14:23  And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. 

And notice again

Hos 6:1  Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 

Notice how they realized that God had to bring Jacobs trouble on them so they would change their ways.

Eze 6:9  And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
Eze 6:10  And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. 

Now that they have a changed attitude God sets His hand to rescue them.

NOTICE THAT IT IS GOD THE FATHER WHO RESCUES ISRAEL

Jer 16:14  Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 
Jer 16:15  But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 

Notice how God says He will lead them out.

Jer 31:8  Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. 
Jer 31:9  They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. 

God changes the Egyptian Sea, and makes a highway for the Israelites so they can come out of captivity.  Notice there was also a highway for the ancient Israelites.

Isa 11:15  And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry-shod. 
Isa 11:16  And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

Notice this amazing scripture, it shows The Father going on ahead of the Israelites, and Israel’s King passing before them.

Mic 2:12  I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. 
Mic 2:13  The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them. 

The king who shall pass before them is the resurrected King David.

Jer 30:9  But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. 

Further confirmation of David the King of Israel

EZEK 34 V 23-24

3And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

What do you think will happen to the nations, which held the Israelites captive? 

ISA 14 V 1-5

1For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 2And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. 3And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

Not only will they rule over their oppressors:  on their way back to Jerusalem they will fight a number of battles as well.  Notice the following.

ISA 11 V 12-15 

12And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 15And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

When surrounding nations see what is going on with Israel, and Judah, and that they are indeed Gods people, some join themselves to Israel.

ISA 56 V 8

The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. 

ZECH 2 V 11

And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 

When the Israelites were taken captive, their children were taken from them.  They had no idea what would become of them. 

DEUT 28 V 32 

32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

Lets see what amazing things are going to happen to those children.

ISA 49 V 20-23

20The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. 21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? 22Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. 23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

The children of the captive Israelites will be brought back unharmed and the Kings and Queens of the oppressing nations will be their nurses.  How amazing, how God can turn things around.

Lets recap on what we have learned.
The Israelites and Judah had to go through Jacobs trouble to see that they had to change their ways. God turns completely away from Israel at this time
During their captivity, Elijah turns their heart to the Father and the Fathers heart to them.  Israel then, at long last, realise the error of their ways.
The Father and David bring the Israelites back to Jerusalem, their children are given back to them.
There is a highway for them to come back on; surrounding people join in with the Israelites.  They fight battles on the way back.  David is their King forever, and the Father will live with them forever at His future Return.

This is truly an amazing account.  What happens after Israel returns to Jerusalem is equally as interesting.
 

CHAPTER FOUR
The Righteous Branch.

This chapter will show that a resurrected King David accompanies God the Father to bring the Israelites out of captivity, back to Israel.

Everyone should realize that Isaiah 9 v 6 is incorrectly translated; when this is corrected, it helps to understand other verses, which relate to David.

ISA. 9 v 6.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Every baptised person should know that Jesus Christ is not the Mighty God, or the everlasting Father. 

JER. 32 v 18.
Thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

The correct translation, which can be backed up by a concordance, is as follows

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and ‘ the authority who proclaims this is’ Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

We know that this is the correct translation, because Jesus Christ is not the everlasting Father. With that in mind, let’s look at some other scriptures with the same incorrect translation.

The following scriptures are obviously translated with a certain bias in mind, and are incorrect. The ‘Lord our Righteousness’ is God the Father, He will not raise himself up

JER. 23 v 5, 6. 

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

A correct translation, which makes sense, and does not break scripture: would be:

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise David a righteous Branch, and this King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and the authority who proclaims this is, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

The following scripture is also wrongly translated.

JER. 33 v 15,16.

In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.

A correct translation is:

In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow. David shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name who proclaims.  The LORD our righteousness.

The following scriptures are talking about the time of Israels coming out of captivity. The word ‘branch’ is the same Hebrew word used for David in the above quoted scriptures. Also note that the ‘branch’ is Gods servant.

ZECH. 3 v 8.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.

JER. 30 v 9.

But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

EZEK. 34 v 23,24.

And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

Notice, that when David is King over Israel: they keep Gods judgments and statutes.  Elijah has restored all things during the time of captivity. 

EZEK. 37 v 24.

And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

HOS. 3 v 5.

Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

God the Father and their King [David] lead Jacob out of captivity.

MICAH 2 v 12,13.

I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. 13The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
 

CHAPTER 5
THE TEMPLE

It is interesting to note that David wanted to build a temple during his physical life, but God did not let him.

1 KINGS 5 v 1.

Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

It was in Davids heart to build a temple to the Lord. He will still do so. The word used for branch; is the same word used for David in Jer. 33 v 15, and Jer. 23 v 5. [correct translations shown in previous chapter] also this translation is not clear on this verse, it sounds like David is a priest, but he is not, so notice the Jewish translation of this verse for a better understanding........
ZECH. 6 v 12,13.
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: 
13Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Zech 6 v 13.......Jewish Publication Society
 even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and there shall be a priest before his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. 
 

King David will build Gods temple with the help of the returning Israelites

Zec 6:15  And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God. 

The scriptures are very clear: God the Father goes, with a, resurrected King David to bring the captive Israelites back to Israel. David then builds the Temple of the Lord with the help of the repentant Israelites. The ‘Elijah to come’ will have gone to the Israelites, prior to their return; and he will have turned their hearts to God the Father and turned Gods heart to them. Elijah will have also restored the statutes, laws and ordinances.

Remember God had turned away from Israel prior to the last wave of events mentioned in the covenant.

Lev 26:40  If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 
Lev 26:41  And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 
 

THE BOTTOMLESS PIT

The bottomless pit or abyss, has to be understood, to give the correct knowledge of the little horn and beast.

The bottomless pit has always been considered an expression of speech, rather than an actual place. This is not correct, as the following scriptures show.

The bottomless pit has to be opened.

Rev 9:1  And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

Smoke of a great furnace comes out of the pit. This is the lake of fire, as other scriptures will confirm.

Rev 9:2  And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 

Locusts come out of the pit, which have never been seen by mankind before. They are described in Rev. ch. 9. 

Rev 9:3  And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

These locusts, which have power to hurt mankind for five months, have a king over them.

Rev 9:11  And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. 

The two witnesses are eventually killed by the beast, who ascends from the bottomless pit.

Rev 11:7  And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. 

Rev 17:8  The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 

Once again; the bottomless pit is opened by an angel.

Rev 20:1  And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 

It was prophesied, that Lucifer would be cast into the pit.

Isa 14:12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 
Isa 14:15  Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 

Satan is imprisoned in the pit for a thousand years.

Rev 20:2  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 
Rev 20:3  And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 

The legion of demons, that Jesus cast out of a man; chose to go into a herd of swine, sooner than the bottomless pit. The word is translated ‘deep’ in the following verse.

Luk 8:31  And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

The beast of revelation ascends out of the pit.

Rev 17:8  The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 

Christ preached to disobedient spirits in prison. The prison for demons is the bottomless pit: this is where satan is bound for a thousand years.

1Pe 3:19  By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 
1Pe 3:20  Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 

Jud 1:6  And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

The word ‘hell’ is greek ‘tartarus’ and means place of restraint or deepest abyss of hades.

2Pe 2:4  For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 

The bottomless pit is a real place, which will figure prominently, during the day of the Lord. Unknown locusts will come out of the pit, as will heavy smoke. 

It is a very real place, which has a king; it is a place of restraint or imprisonment of disobedient angels.

The lake of fire, [gehenna] which is the second death for human beings, is the furnace of the bottomless pit.

Rev 9:2  And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 

THE LITTLE HORN

Watch for some surprises in this chapter. 

Rev 17:8  The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 

We have shown in our article ‘the bottomless pit’ that the pit is a place of restraint for disobedient angels. Note that the beast was, is not, and yet is. When God the Father returns to avenge his temple; the little horn is slain and thrown into the lake of fire.

Dan 7:11  I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 

Notice in Rev. 17v8 quoted above: the beast ascends out of the bottomless pit; and yet the original ‘little horn’comes out of one of the four kingdoms formed by the death of Alexander the great.

Dan 8:9  And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. 

The little horn claims to be God.

2Th 2:4  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 

The little horn of Daniel is the Prince of Tyre.

Eze 28:2  Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 

Compare with Dan. 7 v 11 quoted above.

Eze 28:8  They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. 
Eze 28:9  Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. 
Eze 28:10  Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 

Just as Jesus Christ lived and died and lived: so does the little horn. The little horn was slain, his body destroyed, and thrown into the lake of fire, by the Medes when God the Father returns to earth. When Christ returns, the little horn is thrown alive into the lake of fire. The little horn was, and is not and yet is. He goes into perdition. Notice the next scripture carefully.

Rev 19:20  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 worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 

The devil is cast into the lake of fire, where the beast and false prophet are. THEY ARE DEMONS.

Rev 20:10  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 forever and ever 

No wonder the whole world is deceived; the little horn is alive, then dead then alive: he goes into perdition [damnation.]

Rev 17:8  The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 

Read the following scriptures carefully. The false prophet comes out of the earth [bottomless pit] just as the little horn does; and causes people to worship the first beast: WHOSE WOUND WAS HEALED.

THE FALSE PROPHET AND THE BEAST ARE DEMONS

Rev 13:11  And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 
Rev 13:12  And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 
Rev 13:13  And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 

Remember; the little horn was slain and thrown into the fire.

Rev 13:14  And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 
 

The following chapter gives more of his dastardly deeds.

CHAPTER 6

THE LITTLE HORN AND 
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
 

Once the temple is built; God the Father enters it.

Eze 44:2  Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. 
Eze 44:3  It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. 
Eze 44:4  Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face. 

The resurrected King David is the Prince.

Eze 34:24  And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. 

Eze 37:25  And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever. 

An alliance of ten nations is prominent in the world, the little horn subdues three of these nations. 

Dan 7:7  After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. 
Dan 7:8  I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. 

The little horn deceives some church members into setting up the abomination, in the temple.

Dan 11:30  For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. 
Dan 11:31  And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. 
Dan 11:32  And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. 

Some church members think that God can’t see them when God leaves the temple. 
It is almost beyond belief, how Gods own church constantly rejects him. These church members have been protected during the time of Jacob’s trouble; but they still are deceived by the little horn.

Eze 8:12  Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. 

Eze 8:6  He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. 

This vile person makes himself to be God.

2Th 2:3  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; 
2Th 2:4  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 

The abomination of desolation is explained in Ezek. Ch. 8. It is Easter keeping at its worst: Weeping for tammuz, sun, and idol worship etc.

The little horn also has it in mind to change times and laws. [times are Sabbaths and laws are Gods laws.] The little horn is the human beast, who enters the temple of God by flatteries.

Dan 7:25  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. 

Dan 8:12  And a host was given him against the daily sacrifice [continuity] by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered. 

‘Daily sacrifice’ is better, translated ‘continuity.’ This vile person, who comes in to the temple by flatteries: takes away the Sabbath and holy days and Gods truth: Gods sanctuary is polluted.

Dan 11:31  And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, [Continuity] and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. 

No wonder God says that many are called but few are chosen. The people who are deceived by the little horn; are members of Gods church who have knowledge of the holy covenant; they have been protected during the time of Jacobs trouble. As soon as God leaves his temple: these people are deceived into idol worship in the very temple where God entered. They will have been warned, by Gods end time servants, so they have no excuse. These people who forsake the holy covenant will go into the lake of fire.

Rev 21:8  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

The little horn is identified as the prince of tyrus.

Eze 28:2  Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 

God the Father will return to avenge his temple.

Jer 50:28  The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 

God the Father uses the Medes to destroy the little horn.

Jer 51:11  Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. 

Dan 7:11  I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

Notice carefully, the human beast [the little horn] is killed and thrown into the lake of fire, which is in the bottomless pit. What happens next, causes the whole world to wonder.

Rev 17:8  The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 

The little horn was in the temple of God [he was] He was killed and thrown into the lake of fire [he was not] He then comes alive and well out of the pit [yet is] 

The little horn [the human beast] is killed and thrown into the pit. A demon, claiming to be the resurrected little horn, comes out of the pit, and the whole world wonders. The demon beast continues till the return of Christ, when he is thrown alive into the pit.

Rev 19:20  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 worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 

THE PLACE OF SAFETY.
 

When the abomination of desolation is set up in Gods temple; the people are told to flee.

Mat 24:15  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 
Mat 24:16  Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: 

The people who flee are not members of Gods church: Gods faithful church members are martyred at this time. They are the Israelites, who have come back from captivity, together with the nations who joined themselves to Israel. Just as spiritual Israel is protected from the time of Jacobs trouble; so physical Israel is protected from the martyrdom of saints.

Ezek. Ch. 38. is about these Israelites.

Eze 38:8  After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. 
Eze 38:11  And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 
Eze 38:12  To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. 

A great army of many nations comes against the unarmed Israelites. God protects them.

Eze 38:14  Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? 
Eze 38:15  And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: 
Eze 38:16  And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 
Eze 38:18  And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. 
Eze 38:19  For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 

Hos. 2 v 1 to 13 gives a short account of why Israel had to be punished. The balance of the chapter tells of the time when they repent and God takes care of them.

Hos 2:14  Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 
Hos 2:15  And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 
Hos 2:16  And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. 
Hos 2:17  For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. 
Hos 2:18  And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. 
Hos 2:19  And I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 
Hos 2:20  I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. 
Hos 2:21  And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 
Hos 2:22  And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. 
Hos 2:23  And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God. 

Physical Israel has to flee, to be protected from a time that is so dangerous, that all life would be destroyed, if it were not for the elect of God. 

Mat 24:21  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 
Mat 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 

Physical Israel will never again leave God.

CHAPTER 7

MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS

Just as Gods church has always had false members: so it has always had genuine members who fear and obey God. These genuine members who do not forsake the holy covenant, will be persecuted and martyred during the time the temple is desecrated.

Dan 11:32  And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. 
Dan 11:33  And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. 

Gods church, which will have been protected during the time of Jacobs trouble, will be hated and betrayed, and some will be put to death

Mat 24:9  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 
Mat 24:10  And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 

Dan 11:35  And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. 

Dan 8:23  And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. 
Dan 8:24  And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 

Jesus Christ has suffered and died that we may live. He loved us while we were still in our sins. Gods people will be prepared to suffer and die for God the Father and Jesus Christ. Gods people must also be prepared to die for the people of this world. We must love those who hate us.

It is because of the elect that God will not destroy this earth, along with mankind.

Mat 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be 
saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 

During the desecration of Gods temple: there will be a false Christ, and iniquity will abound. This will be a terrible time for the people of God. This is when we must be prepared to persevere to the end, regardless of the physical outcome. Death will be by beheading.

Rev 20:4  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 worshiped 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. 

The fifth seal of revelation is the martyrdom. Notice that some of Gods people have been resurrected at this time.

Rev 6:9  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: 
Rev 6:10  And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 
Rev 6:11  And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 

Gods elect will be called, chosen, and faithful. They will be rewarded after enduring to the end.

Rev 17:14  These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. 

Mar 13:13  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Gods church will be protected during the time of Jacobs trouble as per Psalm 91. The repentant physical Israel will be protected in the valley of Achor during the martyrdom. 
 

CHAPTER 8

RETURN OF GOD THE FATHER
 

God the Father returns to earth prior to Jesus Christ.

Dan 7:13  I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 

God the Father comes to earth during the martyrdom of saints.

Dan 7:21  I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 
Dan 7:22  Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. 

God the Father returns to this earth at a time of great religious deception. The ‘little horn’ of the book of Daniel, is established with lying miracles in the temple of God.

2Th 2:3  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;
2Th 2:4  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 

God the Father returns to earth on a cherub.

Psa 18:10  And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Eze 10:4  Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory. 

Cherubs are described in great detail in Ezek. Chapters one and ten. There is an extremely important reason for this. Ezekiel recognized cherubs when he saw them.

Eze 10:20  This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. 

The person in the temple deceives people by fire out of heaven. God comes with cherubs, which have flames infolding.

Rev 13:13  And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 
Rev 13:14  And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 

Eze 1:4  And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 

Gods elect will know which one is deception, and which one is God: because of their familiarity of the descriptions of the cherubs: and, of course, because of their closeness, and obedience to God. 

The little horn is cast into the lake of fire.

Dan 7:9  I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. 
Dan 7:11  I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 

2Th 2:8  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: 
2Th 2:9  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

The scriptures need to be read carefully, regarding the little horn, who is also called a beast [Dan. 7v11.]  Dan. 7 v 9 is talking about the coming of God the Father: 2 Thess. 2 v 8 is talking about the return of Christ. The beast, which is the little horn, is destroyed with the false prophet at the return of Christ. Destroyed does not mean killed, as they are demons. ‘Vanish away or make void’ would be a better translation..

Dan 7:11  I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 

Rev 19:20  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 worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 

Those, who have defiled the sanctuary, are the first ones put to death, at the return of God the Father.

Eze 9:6  Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. 

The sixth seal ushers in the day of the Lord.

Rev 6:12  And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 
Rev 6:13  And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 
Rev 6:14  And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 
Rev 6:15  And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 
Rev 6:16  And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 
Rev 6:17  For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? 

Joe 2:31  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. 

Gods wrath on Israel has been completed. It is now the heathens time of punishment.

Oba 1:15  For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. 

God the Father had decimated the Israelites in the time known as Jacobs trouble. God the Father now brings destruction on the heathen nations; during the time known as the Day of the Lord.

Isa 13:6  Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 

It is  Gods fierce anger.

Isa 13:9  Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

God avenges his people. 

Isa 34:8  For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. 

Jer 46:10  For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. 

Gods firstfruits are sealed for protection, prior to the day of the Lord.

Rev 7:3  Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 

The day of the Lord [God the Father] is a time of judgment on the heathen. It is a cruel time, and continues to the return of Jesus Christ. It is a time when God would destroy the whole earth, except for the sake of the Elect. The sixth seal ushers in the day of the Lord. The seventh seal [seven trumps] constitutes the day of the Lord.