As we have shown in previous articles, we know what happens to Israel during the time of Jacobs trouble and the Day of the Lord.  But what about the church……what happens to Gods people in the end time.

One of the things to happen will be members being put out of the church

ISA 66 V 5

5Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

During the time of Jacobs trouble  the church  enjoys Gods protection from the 4 judgments.  Just as Israel were protected during the time in Egypt when God sent His plagues on Egypt, so the church will be protected during the time of Jacobs trouble.  There does not appear to be any scriptures to say they will go to a place of safety, at this time, however the judgments will not come on them, just as the plagues did not come on Israel when Egypt had the plagues on them.

Psalm 91 clearly shows that the church will be protected during the 4 judgments  of Jacobs Trouble by God the Father for those who have the truth. 

Psa 91:4  He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 
Psa 91:5  Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 
Psa 91:6  Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 
Psa 91:7  A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 
Psa 91:8  Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

During the four judgments,the church is protected.  Then at the end of the four judgments, Jacob will go into captivity. 
The scriptures indicate that the church will be taken out of Jacob at this time,and go to Jerusalem.  Notice the following scriptures.

Eze 21:3  And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 

As shown in another acticle on Jacob, the scriptures indicate that the captivity lasts between 
2 to 3 years

The following scriptures show that the church is close to Israel during the time of the captivity, the church  is able to help them, feed them and give them water.  They must  be near them to do this. 

Whilst the Israelites are in captivity, God expects that His end time church will feed them and care for them, physically and spiritually.

Notice these following scriptures which show that the church should have looked after Israel.

Eze 34:2  Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 

The following Israelites have been through Jacobs trouble, they desperately need the church to help them.  The church have not sought after Israel. 

Eze 34:4  The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. 

The church was only interested in feeding itself, they did not care about Israel.

Eze 34:8  As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 

Because the church will not go after Israel and try to find them and help them, God the Father has to do it Himself.

Eze 34:11  For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. 

God provides both physical and spiritual food and drink for His church, but they do not pass on these things to Israel. 

Eze 34:18  Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 

The church did not care about giving Israel the best of the food and water, they took that for themselves.

Eze 34:19  And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. 

David, is Gods trusted servant, and he will feed them.  Both David and the Father rescue Israel from captivity. 

Eze 34:23  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. 

Once Israel have been through the captivity, their heart is changed to God.

Eze 34:30  Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD. 

During the captivity, God is less than happy with the church, since they did not care about Israel.
As we have already seen in other articles, the Father and David rescue Israel and bring them back to the Jerusalem area.

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOT TRYING TO SET DATES, WE ARE SIMPLY QUOTING SCRIPTURE ON THIS POINT 

We are told by scripture how long the church will be persecuted and martyred.  There is a period of 6 years 4 months and 20 days.  The counting of this period of time starts after, the temple is build, after the Father enters the temple and then  leaves the temple in the authority of  the church members, and after  the little horn comes on to the scene
The counting of the time mentioned above, starts when the little horn thinks to change times and laws, and culminates with the abomination of desolation being set up in the temple. 
Slowly the little horn will come in by flatteries, and start to change times and laws, this happens for the first period of approximately 3 years.  Then the martyrdom and persecution will begin for the remaining 3 1/2 years

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. .

The little horn is on the scene.  The sanctuary is a place inside the temple.

Dan 8:11  Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 

The little horn is powerful, the truth is cast down, and the little horn prospers.

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

From the time when the physical  little horn comes onto the scene and begins to change times and laws,  until the abomination of desolation is set up , is the period of 6 years 4 months and 20 days. 

Dan 8:13  Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 

The gradual process, which culminates in the martyrdom of saints; takes 6 years 4 months and 20 days.  Then the sanctuary is cleansed.

Dan 8:14  And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 

Lets look at how these events unfold.

On return from captivity repentant Israel build the temple and the church takes over the running of the temple.

EZEK 43 V 10-11

Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. 
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. 

Eze 44:15  But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD: 

Some time after the temple is built, some of the church members are deceived and have intelligence with the beast

DAN 11 V 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.

This leads to the temple being defiled

PSA 79 V 1

A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 

ISA 63 V 18

The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 

EZEK 5 V 11 

Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. 

The following scripture shows that the group, which forsake the covenant is then corrupted by flatteries.  These people are church people who do not believe the truth and do not have the love of the truth.  2 Thes. 2 v 10-12

DAN 11 V 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. 

EZEK 44 V 7

In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. 

2 THES 2 V 10-12

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

2 THES 2 V 3-4

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; 
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. 
 

In Daniel 11 v 32 is a clear difference between two groups of people in Gods church at the end time.  The 1st group, does not believe the truth and is bought
off and easily swayed into harlotry by the little horn, he deceives them with flatteries.  They forsake the holy covenant.
The 2nd group are the people who love the truth, they know their God and are strong and do exploits. 

We must have this attitude towards Gods word, shown in this next scripture

Jer 15:16  Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. 

When the martyrdom starts, Israel is in the Jerusalem area, they have returned from captivity, this is before they go to the valley of Achor.

Eze 34:13  And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 
Eze 34:14  I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 

Eze 34:25  And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 
Eze 34:26  And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. 

Back to the church,  Jerusalem is trampled under foot for 3 ½ years

Rev 11:2  But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 

The saints are given into the hand of the little horn for 3 ½ years

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. 

During this time the martyrdom of saints will occur.

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. 

Mat 23:34  Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 

Mat 10:17  But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 
Mat 10:18  And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 

Mat 10:21  And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 
Mat 10:22  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 

Rev 12:17  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 

The martyrdom and persecution is at the hands of the physical beast up until he is killed and the devil beast takes over. 

Dan 7:21  I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 

The following verse is about the firstfruits, because they are the saints of the most High.

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. 

When the Father returns, He comes to the mount of Olives, this splits in two and the Israelites flee through the valley into the Valley of Achor. Where they are protected during the day of the Lord.

Then the Father destroys the physical beast with the nation of the Medes.
{descendants of Japeth, and therefore will be Asian.} 

Isa 13:1  The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. 
Isa 13:17  Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. 

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

Probably immediately after the physical beast is killed; a demon posing as the physical beast comes up starting a frenzy amongst people that he is alive again, however he is not alive again, this is in fact a demon.  This is the deadly wound which was healed.

Rev 13:3  And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 

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. 

Here we see some of the church members who die 

DAN 11 V 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. 

During this time people cleave to them with flatteries. 

DAN 11 V 34

Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

Some of those who are to die at this time, must die to try and purge them and make them white, so we see it is for their ultimate salvation.  Also notice that the martyrdom will continue till the time of the end, so this means until the return of Christ.

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. 

As we realize the parable of the virgins, refers to the church. Notice that half the virgins are not known by God, we must be very diligent with our calling and be careful not to be deceived.  We must know God and then He will know us.  If we allow our spiritual life to die out, we will loose the holy spirit which was given to us at our baptism, that it why God does not know these virgins, they lost the holy spirit through lack of prayer, bible study, obedience, and belief in God.

MATT 25 V 10-12

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 

People for the  little horn came in with flatteries and deceived members of the church, and  set up the abomination of desolation.

DAN 11 V 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. 

Some people remain faithful, those who know their God

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. 

Once the abomination of desolation is set up in the temple, the Israelites flee to the valley of Achor, the Father returns with the saints and the Day of the Lord is very close indeed.

If church members are close to God they may be protected during the martyrdom.

Luk 21:36  Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 

Psa 17:7  Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. 
Psa 17:8  Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 
Psa 17:9  From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 
Zep 2:3  Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger. 

We know that satan will be active in the last days, as he knows that he has only a little time, and the church will be his prime target.  It is going to be easy to be deceived, so we must be on our guard and stay close to God.

Lets notice the parable of the wedding.  This parable is for the end time church.

Mat 22:2  The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 

God has had servants over many years who have been leaders in the churches, they have shown people the truth, but many have simply ignored their calling.

Mat 22:3  And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 

Now we see different servants, so time has marched on, now it is closer to the wedding, and all is ready, the call is more urgent. 

Mat 22:4  Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 

The people were just too busy to be bothered, they had other things, which were of more importance to them, than Gods calling

Mat 22:5  But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: 

Notice the following, the remnant, we know that satan makes war with the remnant of the church, the remnant are the ones who are left round about the time of the Day of the Lord. 
Notice that some church  members kill the servants of God, the leaders, and teachers, and members who are faithful to God.

Mat 22:6  And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

Luk 12:45  But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 

Joh 16:2  They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 
Joh 16:3  And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 

During the Day of the Lord, the Father will destroy these false members of the end time church, using armies to do it.

Gods faithful servants  are marked out and protected from this destruction.

Mat 22:7  But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 

Eze 9:2  And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. 

Eze 9:3  And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; 

Eze 9:4  And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. 

Eze 9:5  And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 

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 Father tells the servants of God {the end time leaders of the Church who are faithful} that the called ones were not worthy.  This is talking about church members NOW who through laziness and unbelief, turn their back on Gods calling, this is the end time church who will not believe the end time knowledge and truths put out by the end time church. 

Mat 22:8  Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 

The Father says to the servants to go out to the highways and bid as many as you can find to the wedding.  These are not church members, these are possibly repentant Israel, after their return from captivity, who openly declare their love for God and who are totally committed to Him now…..they do not depart from the truth.  The church members are out, and just everyday people are in. 

Mat 22:9  Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 

The servants go out and gather the wedding guests, now they are good and bad, the Israelites, would have been good and bad people, but they have repented, and that is the attitude God wants.  These people are far and away better than the church members who do not believe Him.  Remember also that Israel have been given the earnest of Gods Holy Spirit.

Mat 22:10  So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. 

The following verse is about the repentant Israelites

Jer 31:33  But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 

Joe 2:29  And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 

There was a man there without a wedding garment, this is the righteous of the saints.

Mat 22:11  And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 

The garment is the righteousness of the saints.

Rev 19:8  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 

This next verse is shocking and must be a wake up call for all of us in Gods church, here we see one of the evil sons of God trying to get in to  the wedding, but Christ told him otherwise….. {We know it was an evil son of God for two reasons. 1. Christ called him friend which means kinsman, and  2.he was thrown into the lake of fire.}

Mat 22:12  And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 

Mat 22:13  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

The following verse is referring to the evil sons of God, the word children means son, and kingdom means royal realm..

Mat 8:12  But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Mat 25:30  And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Luk 13:28  There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 

Many are called, and as the end approaches, we will see that only few indeed are chosen, this is a sad picture for people who have Gods holy spirit.

Lets wake up as we see the day approaching, lets get serious about our calling and strive with our whole heart to be not only chosen but faithful children of God.

Mat 22:14  For many are called, but few are chosen.