| The Royal Marriages, Part 3: The Seven Trumpets continued [The last known date in the first part of the Exodus was the 2nd year, 5th month, 10th or perhaps 11th day, when the Israelites were defeated by the Canaanites and Amalekites. (The previous day was the infamous 9th of Av, 'the day of evil report' throughout Jewish history.) According to Jasher 80:1, Moses and Aaron prophesied for two years in Egypt before the Exodus took place. Therefore, it was {24 months (two years) + 12 months (first yr. Exodus) + 5 months =} their 41st month at the time of the battle. Korah's later rebellion, and God's validation of the Exodus era's two witnesses, Moses and Aaron, apparently occurred after 42 months = 1260 days. (But see Royal Marriages, Summary, footnote 2.) Moses and Aaron, like Revelation's Two Witnesses, also turned water into blood and smote the earth with plagues -- before the Exodus. The Israelites came to Mt. Sinai 26 months after Moses and Aaron began to prophesy; after 36 months of their ministry, the Glory of God filled the Tabernacle. If these times (like their corresponding events) are foreshadowings of the Latter Days, then the Two Witnesses will be prophesying before and after both the Abomination of Desolation and the Rapture. This idea conflicts with most proposed End Times' chronologies. However, nothing in Revelation 11 specifically states where (or if) the ministry of the Two Witnesses fits into other Latter Day prophetic periods, such as the 70th week of Daniel 9:24-27 and the 31/2 times of Daniel 12:7.] Seventh Trumpet, Rev. 11:15-19, 10:7. Z This trumpet consists solely of a pronouncement: "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ..." Done deal; no more question about who's in authority. "[T]he mystery of God [is] finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets." S This declaration of authority was clearly foreshadowed in Numbers 17. God commanded each of the twelve tribal leaders to bring their rods to the tabernacle. "And it shall be that the rod of the man I choose will blossom; thus will I rid myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, which they make against you." Aaron's rod budded and blossomed -- and produced ripe almonds to boot! End of Israelite complaints about authority for nearly four decades. [The period of time from the beginning of Korah's rebellion up through God's validation of His two witnesses, Moses and Aaron, was apparently 3-and-a-fraction days. Num. 16:1-2, 16, 41; 17:8 That period quite nicely foreshadowed the coming 3-1/2 days between the death and the ascension of Revelation 11's Two Witnesses at the end of their 1260-day ministry. After Aaron's rod, the Mosaic and Jasher accounts supply no more details about the Exodus for 371/2 years.] S After nearly four decades of their Exodus, the time came for the Israelites to conquer the Promised Land and defeat the pagan nations. Z That era foreshadowed Revelation's Seven Vials/Bowls, which, as Rosenthal writes (Pre-Wrath Rapture, p. 146), portray "the pouring out of judgment...on the nations...based upon their treatment of Jacob (Israel)." (Cf. Ps. 79:6-7; Jer. 10:25; Zeph. 3:8) The "seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God" (Rev. 15:7) are described beginning in Revelation 15:1. However, before these angels are sent forth, John sees "the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony in heaven...opened," 15:5. This refers directly back to the sounding of the Seventh Trumpet: "The Temple of God was opened in heaven, and the Ark of His Covenant was seen..." 11:19 Return to previous page Part 1: The Royal Marriages b/w Part 2: The Seven Seals b/w Return to Index Return to Index, page 2 |