Jacob’s Trouble continued We continue with the hallowing of the Lord through the defeat of Gog before the eyes of the world as recorded in Isaiah 66 Verse 18 “For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.” God knows the works and thoughts of the unfaithful Jews. He will gather all nations to Israel at the end of the age. They…
Jacob’s Trouble continued “It shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen [or nations] may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes” (Ezek 38:8–12,14–16). There are two ways in which we might envision God being hallowed in Gog before the eyes of the nations. The first is that suggested by Brother Shallieu. “When these forces attack Israel, the eyes of the world will be…
With respects to the second confederacy of nations mentioned previously those who take no part in the physical invasion, but who nonetheless do nothing to impede it, Brother Frank Shallieu has another perspective as to who these might well represent somewhat similar to that of Brother Hagensick. (This second perspective is the one I myself favor of the two). First let us take a look at the text once again, “Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young…
The final phase of Armageddon, prophetically described as, “Jacob’s trouble” “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away (who would see its demise) will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.” (Zech 12:2,…
From what we have learned thus far it is apparent that before looking for the invasion of Gog from the land of Magog we should first be looking for the impending Arab invasion of Israel which is to precede it. What say the Scriptures in this respect? “Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold your peace, and do not be still, O God! For behold, your enemies make an uproar; and those who hate you (Compare Ezek 25:15)…
Prelude to “Gog and Magog” (Some of you may have already seen some of this in our study on the war in the Middle East, but it’s still worth reviewing.) Typically when we think about the Gog and Magog incident we picture a great Russia hoard in coalition with various Arab nations coming together to do battle against Israel, but is this correct, is this truly what is going to take place or have we simply jumped to this conclusion…
As stated in our previous post we mentioned three groups of individuals living at the time who will enter the great tribulation: 1) The Great Company. 2) The nation of Israel. 3) The world of mankind. Two of these groups are destine not only to enter the great time of trouble, but likewise to survive it, that is some within them are. Now naturally one might assume that of the three which we have listed the two groups who would…
As we stated in our first post the “Day of the Lord”, the Second Advent or Greek: Parousia (presence) of our Lord encompasses the entire thousand years. It is not simply composed of the great time of trouble and the destruction of all sinners as is commonly supposed, but likewise includes many other features (works) all of which have their designated time periods for completion within the thousand years. One such work is the work of the Harvest (Matt 13:24-43),…
In our previous post we noted our friends statement that the “following the Lord’s Second Advent the earth is to be destroyed, empty, darkened, silent, and devoid of all life… and that “nothing on this planet is going to have a pulse until after the 1,000 years”. He quotes Jeremiah as saying, “the slain of the Lord in that day shall be from one end of the Earth even to the other end” (Jer 25:33)…They’re not going to be lamented…
In this study we should like to address the following statements made by one of our forum members: “Following the Lord’s Second Advent the earth is to be destroyed, empty, darkened, silent, and devoid of all life (except for Satan and his demons).” Likewise his statement that: “All those verses like in Isaiah 24, Jeremiah 4, etc. which describe a desolate, empty, uninhabited Earth refer to the destruction that happens in “the day of the Lord” when He comes “as…