We will start our account at  the seals of the Book of Revelation, however this is to enable the reader to  pick up the time thread of the article.  Once we have discussed the first four seals, we will then take the reader back prior to Jacobs Trouble for new knowledge about this time.  Be prepared to learn new knowledge with this article and many others, which are at our site.  Do not believe us, read every scripture in the bible and ask God to lead you into truth.  If you have that mind, God can work with you.   We have learnt a certain amount of knowledge up to this point, but the scriptures state that we must continue to grow in grace and knowledge as we continue our journey to eternal life.

The first three seals of the book of Revelation are

Ishmael 
Assyria
Famine

Lets compare the scriptures

1^st Seal  - White Horse, Ishmael

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. 

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

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. 

2^nd Seal - Red Horse , Assyria

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. 

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 an 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. 

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 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 

3^rd Seal  - Black Horse, 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. 

Lam 5:9  We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. 
Lam 5:10  Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. 

4th Seal - Pale Horse, Death

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. 

This is the time of the culmination of Jacobs trouble, which is described in Ezekiel chapter 14.

The following four judgments are little known or spoken of by church people, but like it or not, know it or not, these are the judgments which God is going to send on Israel and Judah, because of their disobedience to Him.

The four judgments of Ezekiel 14 v 21 are: 
the sword, the famine, the noisome beast and the pestilence.

Lets compare the scriptures

Fourth seal, a pale horse, death

Rev 6 v 8 states;The horse has power over ¼ of the earth to kill with sword, famine, pestilence and wild beasts

REV 6 V 8 

⁸And 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.

EZEK 14 V 21 

²¹For 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?

These four judgments cause 2/3rds  of Israel to perish.

EZEK 5 V 12-13

¹²A 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. ¹³Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

The above scripture shows that 1/3 of Israel and Judah die of pestilence and famine, 1/3^rd die by the sword and only 1/3^rd of Israel survive the judgments of God, and they go into captivity with the sword after them. 

The time of Jacobs trouble is the time of Gods wrath on Israel and Judah.

JER 30 V 7

⁷Alas! 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.

MATT 24 V 9

⁹Then 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.

However, God is a merciful and loving God.  He will not send the judgments on Israel without warning them yet again.  We know that God has sent his prophets all throughout history to warn of impending disaster on His people.  We see that once again God sends His end time watchman to Israel to warn them. 

Now we take the reader to the time before Jacobs Trouble……

The Watchman  gives a warning of impending destruction and captivity on the House of Israel and Judah.
The watchman must warn the whole house of Israel, Judah, and the exiles.

Notice the following scripture regarding Gods wrath on Judah

EZEK 5 V 5-17

⁵Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. ⁶And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. ⁷Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; ⁸Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. ⁹And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. ¹⁰Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. ¹¹Wherefore, 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. ¹²A 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. ¹³Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. ¹⁴Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. ¹⁵So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. ¹⁶When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: ¹⁷So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.

In verse 5  this warning is addressed to Jerusalem, and in verse 17 is the description of their punishment, the four judgments of Ezekiel 14 v 21.
This is the time of Jacobs trouble.  Notice it is not Satans wrath it is Gods wrath. We have not known this before, this is new knowledge. Also we have not mentioned the four judgments for a long time, it is the time of Jacobs trouble, it is a time when 2/3^rd  of Israel are killed.

AMOS 9 V 8-10

Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. 
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. 
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. 

The above scripture shows plainly that Israel goes into captivity so we do not need to prove this further.   Israel and Judah go to captivity, and  they will be the recipients of Gods wrath at the time of Jacobs trouble.  Now back to the warning of the watchman to Israel and Judah.

EZEK 3 V 4-5

⁴And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. ⁵For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

The above scripture shows some very interesting facts, the watchman must speak Gods words, it is a waste of time putting our interpretation and our ideas or thoughts in things, Gods words are the words which will be used by the watchman.  There are many penalties listed in Ezekiel for those who claim to be prophets and speak their own words, and God has not sent them.  So it is very clear that Gods words will be spoken by the watchman.
Here we see what the watchman is to say……..Gods words
To whom…….
The house of Israel {remember Judah is included along with the exiles, which we will prove shortly.}

Who is the house of Israel? The ones who speak the same language as the watchman.  America England, Australia, New Zealand and the other countries of Ephraim and Manesseh.  This is the time of Jacobs trouble.

EZEK 3 V 10-11 

¹⁰Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. ¹¹And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

The exiles are given the warning.  This is prior to the captivity of Israel and Judah, and it is a warning .

EZEK 6 V 2-3

²Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, ³And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

This is a part of the warning message.

EZEK 7 V  1-9

¹Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ²Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. ³Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. ⁴And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. ⁵Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. ⁶An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. ⁷The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. ⁸Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. ⁹And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.

Here we see the punishment of Israel the time of Jacobs trouble and who brings it, in verse 9 is the answer, The Lord who smiteth.

The following verses contain the warning messages

EZEK 7 V 15

¹⁵The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

EZEK 7 V 24-26

²⁴Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. ²⁵Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. ²⁶Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

We have seen plainly that the watchman warns Israel, Judah and the Exiles of the impending captivity. Have they listened and heeded the message of the watchman?

JER 6 V 22-23

²²Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a.great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. ²³They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

JER 6 V 17

¹⁷Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

AMOS 9 V 10

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. 

Read Jer 6 verse 17 carefully, God has sent His watchmen to warn Israel but they would not listen and heed the warnings.

When God is satisfied that the warning has gone out, then the time of Jacobs trouble will start.

 THEN JACOBS TROUBLE

EZEK 12 V 27-28

²⁷Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. ²⁸Therefore sayunto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.

People think that the end is a long way off and that all the prophecies are for the future, not now at the present time.  However, at the time that the watchman gives his warning, God says, there shall be delay no more. These events are now about to come to pass.

Just prior to Jacobs trouble starting, some people will be counted worthy to miss this terrible time and will be spared this horrendous time. 

LUKE 21 V 36

³⁶Watch 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.

PSALM 37 V 37-40

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
³⁸ But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. 

In Ezekiel  Chapter 2 is described a scroll, which contains lamentations, mourning and woe, the prophet had to eat the book and then go and warn the Israelites of the impending trouble. (Chapter 3) This is referring to Jacobs trouble.  Only six seals and the 6 following trumpets are revealed at this time, The 7^th trump and remaining  7 plagues of the Day of the Lord are covered by the little book in Revelation 10   The end time prophet of God eats the whole book.  Firstly the modern day Israelites are warned and after Jacobs trouble the gentile nations are warned of the 7 plagues of the  Day of the Lord. 

Prior to captivity.....

EZEK 12 V 10-11

Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them. ¹¹Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.

Judah and Israel go to captivity.

EZEK 12 V 16

¹⁶But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

There are very few left when Israel go into captivity.

Also note this terrible thing, Jacobs brother, Esau, actually stands by and watches as their very own brother goes into captivity, then they gloat over their brothers misfortune.  Look at these verses.

OBAD  V 9-12 

And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. 
For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. 
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. 

The false prophets of Israel are warned and dealt with also

EZEK 13 V 15-16

⁵Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; ¹⁶To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.

False prophets must reap what they have sown.

EZEK 14 V 20-21

²⁰Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. ²¹For 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?

These scripture are very serious, even if we are righteous we cannot save our own children, these things are that serious. 

The following scriptures are a brief description of the terrible times ahead in the time of Jacobs trouble.

JER 30 V 7

⁷Alas! 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.

We know that a terrible time is coming for Israel and Judah because they would not obey God.  They have idols, they are unfaithful to God they commit abominations, they have rejected Gods statutes and judgements.  They have to learn the hard way, God will punish them now, but they will learn the errors of their ways.

EZEK 5 V 10

¹⁰Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. ¹¹Wherefore, 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.

Look at these dreadful events during Jacobs trouble people eating each other, fathers eating their own sons and sons eating their own fathers.  This sounds almost too horrible to believe, but it is going to happen.  God is sick of their dreadful ways, and they must learn to change from their sins.

Israel and Judah are taken into captivity, amid death and destruction, this is a dreadful time and we must not look forward to it, but it is necessary for God to be able to work with these people.

Notice this dreadful description of Israel and Judahs' condition whilst they are in captivity

LEV 26 v 39-42 

³⁹And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. ⁴⁰If 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;
⁴¹And 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: ⁴²Then 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. 

Unless Israel repents God will leave them to rot in captivity. 

Once Israel and Judah are in captivity, then the end time Elijah goes to them and turns their hearts to their Father and the Fathers hearts to the children.  Israel, now completely humiliated and homeless, destitute and slaves in a foreign land, are now at long last willing to listen to Gods end time prophet Elijah and his commission from God.

LUKE 1 V 16-17

⁶And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. ¹⁷And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

MAL 4 V 5-6 

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

People realize Jacobs trouble was necessary to cause Israel to repent.

EZEK 14 V 22-23

²²Yet, 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. ²³And 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.

The message of Elijah will be that God is prepared to forgive them if they repent and have a correct attitude and heart and believe God.  As long as they have obedient hearts and minds God will work with them.  His heart will be turned to them.  Their hearts will be turned to the Father.
Also we know that Elijah will restore all things…

We also see in the verses from Ezekiel that the captives will have a change of heart, but unfortunately it will take a great deal of suffering before that is achieved.

MATT 17 V 10-11

¹⁰And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? ¹¹And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

You have probably realized by now, that you have learnt very little new knowledge in the church  since the death of  Mr. Armstrong.  The church must continue to grow in grace and knowledge.  There are still many new things to be learnt.  We see that the end time Elijah restores all things.  So we need to understand that the end time Elijah will have some fantastic new knowledge from God to share with the end time people of God. 
I doubt that the church is looking for the Elijah to come.  According to the scriptures when he does come, they will not believe him.  That is because the church of God today does not believe God. 

During Jacobs Trouble  the 5^th seal occurs. The martyrdom of saints, is included in the 4^th seal.  Gods people are put to death and persecuted right up until Christs return.  This is mainly because they have to prove their faithfulness.  Unfortunately the majority of Gods church today do not believe God. 
Before the martyrdom we understand that the gospel must have first been published.

MARK 13 V 9-10

⁹But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. ¹⁰And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

Notice the context of the above scripture, it is talking about a martyrdom and persecution of saints, but before that will happen the gospel must first be published.  It will be very difficult, once the persecution starts to get any work done, so it is made clear by Christ that the gospel will have been published before the martyrdom of saints begins.

Whilst Israel is in captivity, they learn to turn to God and follow His ways, Elijah turns the hearts of the Fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the Fathers during this time.  The following scripture shows that God leaves them alone to come to the realization that they must change their sinful ways and follow the ways of God.

HOS  5 V 15

I will return again to My place
Till they acknowledge their offense.
Then they will seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me."

MICAH 2 V 12

¹²I 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.

Read this scripture over until you really understand what it says, the Father goes to Israel and Judah which are in captivity and he goes on ahead of them to lead them out of captivity.  Now their king shall pass before them.  Who is their king……

JER 30 V 9

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

JER 31 V 8-9

⁸Behold, 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. ⁹They 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

EZEK 34 V 11-15

¹¹For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. ¹²As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. ¹³And 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. ¹⁴I 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. ¹⁵I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

JER 23 V 7-8

⁷Therefore, 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; ⁸But, 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.
 

The Father says He will search and seek for His sheep.
Notice verse 8 of Jeremiah 23 The Lord which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel.  This is just another proof of the amazing new knowledge regarding the return to earth of the Father and what He will do on his arrival.

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.

These fantastic scriptures explain some wonderful new knowledge for us, this is truly amazing,  God the Father returns with the saints, and together with David, searches out Israel and Judah and brings them back to their own land Israel. 

Now look at this exciting scripture, what do you think is going to happen to the nations which took Israel and Judah captive.  What do you think will happen to them, remember they are  cruel nations and Israel and Judah have had a terrible time at their hands whilst they were in captivity.

Well just read this scripture, the nations which took Israel captive will now serve Israel, how amazing….

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.

Notice verse 2, the people who took Israel captive, will now serve the Israelites as servants and handmaids.

Notice the following scripture as well, when the Israelites come out of captivity, God makes them walk out on a highway, just as they did in the days when they came out of Egypt.  How interesting, they actually had a road to travel on then, and in the near future when they come out of their captivity, God will give them a highway to walk on.

ISA 11 V 15-16 

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. ¹⁶And there shall be an 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 following scripture which shows that the Israelites actually fight against, plunder and defeat a number of nations on their return from captivity.

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.

This is exciting knowledge for us, and it would be a good idea to read it again, and let this wonderful knowledge sink in.

Once the Israelites reach Israel, God expects a changed attitude from them He expects them to demonstrate remorse, a changed heart and mind, and to demonstrate belief in their God. 

EZEK 43 V 10-12
⁰Thou son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. ¹¹And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, show 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. ¹²This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

If Israel change their minds and have a correct attitude and heart, God will show them the plans of His temple.

EZEK 40 V 4

⁴And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall show thee; for to the intent that I might show them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

EZEK 43 V 7

⁷And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

EZEK 37 V 24-28

²⁴And 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. ²⁵And 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 for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. ²⁶Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. ²⁷My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ²⁸And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

This is amazing truth, God allows the Israelites under King David to build His temple.  God will live with them forever.

These above scriptures show that the Father with David, will bring Israel and Judah, back to their own land of Israel. 

JOEL 3 V 1

¹For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, ²I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

Notice the following scripture, when Israel and Judah come out of captivity, on the way back they lay hands on certain nations and other nations obey them, not only do they make slaves out of their captives, they also fight a few battles on the journey back to Israel. 

ISA 11 V 11-16

¹¹And 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. 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 hishand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. ¹⁶And there shall be an 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.

JER 16 V 14-15

¹⁴Therefore, 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; ¹⁵But, 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.

ISA 49 V 8-13

⁸Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; ⁹That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. ¹⁰They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. ¹¹And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. ¹²Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
¹³Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted

Also on the way back, many nations join themselves to Israel, they realize that to follow God is the best way.

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. 

The following scripture shows that the above mentioned nations who joined themselves to Israel on their way back to Jerusalem are in fact the great multitude mentioned in Revelation

REV 7 V 9

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 

REV 7 V 14 

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 

Notice this amazing new knowledge regarding the children of the people who were taken captive.  In Deut. 28 v 32 it was shown that the Israelites watched in vain as their children were taken from 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.

Now we see what actually happens to those children, when God sets His hand to rescue His people from captivity.

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 daughtersshall 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.

That is just amazing, the children of the captive nation of Israel, who the Israelites thought were dead, will be brought back to them by the  nations who took them captive. .  The kings and queens of these nations will actually be their nurses and look after them.  These kings and queens  will bow down to the people of the  nation of Israel.  The nation of Israel are Gods people.

And again notice this great scripture.

ISA 49 V 25-26

²⁵But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. ²⁶And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

The following scripture indicates that it was necessary for Israel and Judah to undergo the horrendous events of Jacobs Trouble in order for them to eventually end up with the correct attitude and heart. Eventually it will be very plainly evident that the horrors of  Jacobs Trouble  were  the  only way their hearts and attitudes could be changed.  God knows best, He is a loving and merciful God.

EZEK 14 V 22

²²Yet, 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. ²³And 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.

Incredible as it may seem even the Israelites themselves admit that they had to go through the trouble, they loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, and they understand why  God had to bring this disaster on them.

EZEK 6 v 9-10

⁹And 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 theyhave committed in all their abominations. ¹⁰And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

The below scripture will make great headlines after Israel come out of captivity. Notice that the whole earth has to hear about Gods rescue of Israel.

ISA 48 V 20-22

⁰Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. ²¹And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. ²²There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked

The Holy One of Israel will be made known to the entire world .

ISA 66 v 19

¹⁹And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles

The whole world will at last know the truth about the Father, and Christ.
 

THEN THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS

REV 6 V 9-11

⁹And 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: ¹⁰And 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?¹¹And 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 fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled

MATT 24 V 9-10

⁹Then 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. ¹⁰And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

These above scriptures make it plain that there is going to be a martyrdom of Saints brought on by Satan. Notice the scriptures below showing how the true firstfruits of God will be treated by their own brethren, the actual members of Gods 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.

The brethren think in some strange way that the ones being cast out will do some harm to them or damage in some way their beliefs.  Because they have cast out the brethren they think God should be glorified.  But look what happens to them…… they shall be ashamed.

Lets notice what the book of Daniel has to say about this time.  We pick up the story speaking of the King of the North….

DAN 11 V 29-30

At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 
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. 

Chittim is an Island to the west of Palestine which has Ivory in it.

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. 

This event happens just prior to the Day of the Lord, please see Matt 24 v 15-22,  but we have put it in here to show the flow of events leading into the Martyrdom of Saints.

Now we see in the following scriptures the trouble that Gods people then encounter.

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. 

Notice there will be action against the covenant.  But the people who KNOW 
Their God will be strong and do exploits.  It is so very important that we know God the Father and Christ.  There is new end time knowledge about God the Father and Christ at this web site, be sure to read it and learn it.  Look how vital it is to know about God in these end times.

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. 

There are some who know their God and teach many, but unfortunately the people being taught still go through Jacobs Trouble  and martyrdom.  Unfortunately they left things too late and needed to be tried in the fire for righteousness sake.

Now notice what happens next

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. 

This is sad indeed, we see that there is a group of Gods people, who know the truth, know their God and teach others about it, but it would appear they are only a small group.  Then when other church people see that they have the truth, they join them, but in hypocrisy.  How sad that is and yet there are many scriptures that back up this very disturbing situation.

EZEK 33 V 31 

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. 

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. 

The above scripture shows a very sad picture for quite a number in Gods church so we must be very careful to be diligent in our calling.

Notice that even some of  those who have insight will be martyred.  They too have to be refined for their own good.

DAN 11 V 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

Lets notice an amazing fact... the Father returns, read on for some wonderful new knowledge.
 

DURING THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS GOD THE FATHER RETURNS TO THE EARTH

THE FATHER RETURNS WITH THE SAINTS
 

DAN 7 V 21-22

¹I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; ²²Until 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. 

This is plain and simple truth from the pages of your bible, God the Father returns during the martyrdom of Saints.

We will show by scripture that the Father returns during the martyrdom, however the martyrdom lasts all the way through to the 7^th trump.

ZECH 14 V 5

⁵And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee

Do not think that this verse refers to Christ, it does not, this is talking about the Father. Notice what we have seen clearly so far, the Father returns during the martyrdom of saints and He returns with the saints.  These are the resurrected saints which are dead at this present time eg.  Abraham, Moses, Daniel, etc. these are returning with the Father.

1 THES 4 V 14

¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him

JUDE V 14

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 

DEUT 33 V 2-3

And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 

Read these scriptures over again, God the Father comes with the saints.

CHRIST RETURNS WITH THE ANGELS…….

MATT 16 V 27

²⁷For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

2 THES 1 V 7

⁷And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

REV 19 V 11-16

¹¹And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. ¹²His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. ¹³And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. ¹⁴And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. ¹⁵And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. ¹⁶And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

These above scriptures confirm this amazing new knowledge that the Father returns during the martyrdom of saints, with the resurrected saints.
Jesus returns with the angels.
 

The sixth seal is the heavenly signs, this ushers in the Day of the Lord. 

REV 6 V 12-17

¹²And 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; ¹³And 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. ¹⁴And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. ¹⁵And 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; ¹⁶And 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: ¹⁷For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

JOEL 2 V 30-32

³⁰And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. ³¹The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. ³²And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

ISA 34 V 4

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

Now after the heavenly signs and before the Day of the Lord, we see the sealing of the 144,000.  These are the firstfruits of God.  These are the dead saints and some who are alive at this time who qualify to be firstfruits.
This means that the dead saints are resurrected at this time, we know that they come to earth with the Father, which has been proved in the above scripture.  So this is showing that they are alive, and sealed at this time. 

REV 7 V 3

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

This seal is not the holy spirit. Gods people already have His spirit, it is the Fathers name on their foreheads.

REV 14 V 1

¹And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

Notice, also that the firstfruits include the dead saints and those who are alive and who qualify to be firstfruits.  Notice, that the live saints are sealed at this time, but are not changed to spirit or resurrected at this time.  Remember the dead are raised first, the live saints are resurrected after the dead saints.  Notice this scripture which shows that the live saints are sealed, therefore they are firstfruits, but are not resurrected at this time.

REV 9 V 4

⁴And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

This above scripture depicts an event during the blowing of the 5^th trumpet, the 1^st Woe, during the 7^th seal.  This event occurs after the sealing of the 144,000. 
 

So we see that the firstfruits are sealed, they belong to God the Father and Christ, they are sealed before the 7 trumpets.  You might challenge the time setting, as this is not the last trump, but a careful study of scripture shows that the Firstfruits are special, different from the saints in some ways:-

1 Cor 15 v 23 
But each in his own order  Christ, The Firstfruits, after that those who are Christs at His coming.

Also notice

1 Cor 15 v 52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. 

The word "at" is explained in the Strongs, which is quite remarkable, as these prepositions are not usually discussed, however this word at can mean before. 

With the above information in mind, we see that the 144,000 firstfruits are sealed when the scripture states -  before the 7 trumpets.

REV 14 V 4

⁴These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

After the sealing of the firstfruits, the day of the Lord starts.

Also the event of the appearance of six men and a man with a writing case.  The faithful are marked out. 

THE TEMPLE IS DEFILED

EZEK 9 V 4-6

⁴And 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.
⁵And 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: ⁶Slay 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.

Those who have the mark on their foreheads are spared this slaughter.
They have their hearts right with God and are horrified  at the way man is living his life here on earth. The way of God is forgotten and blasphemed, man just does any imagination of his heart, there is no fear of God.  These people, who have the mark,  will be marked out and will not have to suffer this impending slaughter. They have not defiled the temple.

Many things happen at the return of the Father, one of them is that at this time the abomination of desolation is set up in the temple.
Remember that the Israelites built the temple under the direct supervision of King David.  Now some of the church members  have turned against the true members of Gods church and taken the side of the little horn. This has resulted in the temple being defiled.

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. 

When the Father returns He  stands on the Mount of Olives, and an earthquake divides the mountain.  This creates a valley, and the Israelites flee through here to the valley of Achor.

Zec 14:4  And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 
Zec 14:5  And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. 

Unfortunately satan is aware of the Israelites fleeing to the valley of Achor and persues them

Rev 12:13  And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 
Rev 12:14  And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 
Rev 12:15  And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 
Rev 12:16  And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 
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. 

Now that Israel is safe in the valley of Achor, Satan goes to make war with the church.

 THEN THE DAY OF THE LORD

The Seventh Seal is The Day of the Lord it is a time of Gods wrath on the gentile nations, it comes on them due to their heart and mind and behaviour.  They are totally rebellious, they worship idols they have ignored Gods statutes and ordinances, they are proud and lofty, haughty, sinners, they are liars, they deal falsely with each other and show no love or compassion.  They oppress the poor, the fatherless and the orphan.  They must 
change their ways and the only way this will happen is the Day of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord is divided into 7 trumpets, the last 3 trumpets are 3 woes.  The last trump or the third woe is divided into 7 plagues.

1^st TRUMPET 

REV 8 V 7

⁷The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

During the first trump, Gog and Magog come up against Israel who are in the Valley of Achor  living in safety.
These nations think that  Israel is  an easy target and try to invade them.

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 38:9  Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 
Eze 38:10  Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: 
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. 

The Lord does not stand by and let these nations destroy Israel.

Eze 38:22  And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 
Eze 38:23  Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. 
 

2^nd TRUMPET

REV 8 V 8

⁸And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; ⁹And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

3^rd TRUMPET

REV 8 V 10

¹⁰And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; ¹¹And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

4^th TRUMPET

REV 8 V 12

²And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
 

5^th TRUMPET     1^st WOE

REV 9 V 1-11

¹And 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. ²And 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. ³And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. ⁵And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. ⁶And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. ⁷And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. ⁸And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. ⁹And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. ¹⁰And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. ¹¹And 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.

6^th TRUMPET2^nd WOE

REV 9 13-21

¹³And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, ¹⁴Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. ¹⁵And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. ¹⁶And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. ¹⁷And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. ¹⁸By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. ¹⁹For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. ²⁰And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: ²¹Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Before the 7th Trump sounds Gods end time prophet eats a little book.  As mentioned earlier. The Ezekiel scroll represents the warning to the modern day Israelites about the impending  time of Jacobs Trouble, and the little book in Revelation 10 is a warning to the gentile nations, as the end time prophet is told to prophesy again to Kings, nations, peoples and tongues.  This warning is likened to the final warning which Moses took to Pharaoh before the 10 plagues were sent on Egypt.  Now the modern day warning of the 7 plagues of the final 3^rd Woe and 7^th Trump is to go out.  This warning message contains the new end time knowledge which God has given to His end time prophets and this message completes the mystery of God.

The end time prophet is also instructed to measure the temple of God.  This is done by how the members, ministers, and others in positions of authority, accept the new knowledge which God puts into His end time church.  God judges their hearts, motives and actions.  They will be measured by their belief or disbelief,  and acceptance of the truth, and the way they act.

The two witnesses are prophesying at this time, we do not know when they start their commission, but we know that they are killed at the end of the 2^nd Woe, which is the end of the 6^th trumpet.  We know they prophesy for 1260  days. Among their many duties, they warn of the Day of the Lord
They have power over the rain and the waters and can defend themselves with fire.  These are modern day types of Moses and Elijah.

7^th TRUMPET     3rd WOE     SEVEN LAST PLAQUES

This is the last trump, it is divided into the 7 bowls of wrath or 7 last plagues which God pours out on the gentile nations.
Once the 7^th trump is sounded, we see that the Father and Christ begin to rule

REV 11 V 15

¹⁵Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"

Even though we know The Father  has always been in charge, we also know that Satan is the God of this world, and has continued to lead this world into misery, destruction,  deception, and despair.  At this point  the Father and Christ begin to reign.

Then the long awaited judgment and reward of the dead.  The bond-servants, the prophets, the saints and those who fear Gods name.

REV 11 V 18

¹⁸And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

We then see a war in heaven and Satan and his demons were cast down to earth, and salvation, power and the Kingdom of God comes and authority of Christ.

REV 12 V 10

¹⁰And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Satan's rule is now ended and Christ and the Father begin the Kingdom of God with salvation and strength.