Chapter 9.1 - Chronology of the End
No denomination, church or pastor can pretend to be qualified to offer an informed opinion on Great Tribulation prophecies ("signs")
unless they can first demonstrate their doctrines harmonize with ALL SCRIPTURES teaching the context of Great Tribulation passages
are focused exclusively on the people (the "ten virgins") who "went forth" from the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven", as we followed
the "Anti-Christ" into a period which the Bible specifically NAMES as being the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven" [Mat 25:1-13].
Note: it's GOD (not us) that specifically NAMES four of the five "Kingdoms of Heaven" on earth. It's GOD that provides this context for us.
Mat 25:1 THEN [at that time] shall the [Fourth or Great Tribulation] "Kingdom of Heaven"
be likened unto [look like] TEN VIRGINS [also called the ten "Kings" and the ten "Horns"]
which took their lamps [took their Gospels] and went forth [from the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven"
into the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven"] to meet the Bridegroom [to meet the Returning Lord Jesus Christ]
No denomination, church or preacher can ever be taken seriously - when they don't understand the context of the passages they are discussing,
or when they CONFLATE events occurring within the four (temporal) "Kingdoms of Heaven" on earth. So it's not reasonable to expect them
to know anything about the historical fulfillment of Great Tribulation prophecies - which were provided as "signs" for the Last Saints on earth.
* Note: In the Bible, the term "saint" represents every saved "wheat/sheep" within each of the four temporal "Kingdoms of Heaven" on earth...
While the term "Last Saints" represents ONLY the saved "wise virgins" within the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven". [Mat 25:1-13]
For any denomination, church or preacher to ever be taken seriously they must ALSO be able to harmonize the "Season and Time"
(or the "time-of-the-end") after the destruction of the Fourth (Revelation) Beast - also shown as the period after the Second Woe
(Sixth Trumpet) is past... but before the Third Woe (Seventh Trumpet) begins. [Rev 11:14-15] If their theology does not include
the four (temporal) "Kingdoms of Heaven", followed by a brief "Season and Time" before the establishment of the Fifth
(eternal) "Kingdom of Heaven"... then they cannot begin to harmonize their "gospel" with ALL related Scriptures.
Read Chapters 1.2 and 1.3 to see the "Season and Time" ("time-of-the-end") harmonized with related passages.
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| 1st Woe | 2nd Woe | | 3rd Woe |
|---------|-------------------| |-------------------|
|5th Trump| 6th Trumpet | | 7th Trumpet |
|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------|-------------------| | ------------------|
| Pre-Flood Kingdom | Jewish Kingdom | Christian Kingdom | Great Tribulation Kingdom | | Eternal Kingdom |
|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------|
| |
|---------| |---------|
| Season and Time |
| Time-of-the-End |
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The (3rd) Christian Kingdom was DIFFERENT from the subsequent (4th) Great Tribulation Kingdom - because the Revelation Beast(s)
of the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven" represented the period on earth after the "Great Commission" had been finished and
after all of the lost "wheat/sheep" had been "sealed/saved". The (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven" [Mat 13], or the "Great Commission" represented the period when the "Two Witnesses" (Saints in the Christian church) "testimony" went throughout all the world [Rev 11:3-4, 7].
During this time the Christian Saints were "ruling" with Christ [Rev 20:1-6]. This "A-Millennial" understanding is the traditional doctrine
of both the Catholic and (early) Protestant churches. And it's the only understanding that's harmonious with ALL RELATED Scripture.
Below is an overview of some DIFFERENCES between the (3rd) Christian Kingdom and (4th) Great Tribulation Beasts.
Like the (2nd) Jewish "Kingdom of Heaven", the New Testament Kingdom - or the Church Age - accomplished God's Will
and lasted exactly His appointed time... the duration of Satan being "bound" in the Pit while all the "wheat/sheep" are saved.
However, after all the Saints are "sealed", the (4th) Great Tribulation Kingdom (the Revelation Beasts) began as God brings
Judgment on "His House", in the Fourth Kingdom. Again, God's Judgment on the world comes after the "Season and Time".
Christian Kingdom Great Tribulation / Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven"
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Purpose: Build the Temple/the "Body" Judge His House/"House of God"
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Shown as: Leopard with 4 Heads Babylon
2 Legs of Iron 10 Toes
2 Witnesses 10 Horns
2 Candlesticks 10 Kings
2 Olive Trees 10 Virgins
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Nature: Satan is Bound Satan is Loosened
Saints have Dominion False Prophet Rules
Two Witnesses Testify Two Witnesses are Killed
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Duration: 1260 days 3 1/2 "Times"
1000 years 3 1/2 "Days"
A-Millennial Kingdom 3 1/2 "Watches"
3 1/2 Years (42 mos)
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Note: The duration of both the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven" and (4th) Great Tribulation Kingdom
is shown in spiritual terms. The 1260 days of testimony, the 1000 years of Satan being "bound" and the
A-Millennial Kingdom all represent the Church Age. The 3 1/2 "Times/Days/Watches/Years" all represent
separate-and-distinct periods of 2300 "evenings/mornings"... this reality is explained in detail below.
The difference between the Christian Kingdom and Great Tribulation Kingdom is contrasted in Revelation 6:9-11.
First, at the beginning of the (4th) Great Tribulation, the previously slain Saints cry out for Judgment - and they are told
to wait a "Little Season" while all the "wise virgins" of the Great Tribulation Kingdom are (also) "killed", as they had been.
This demonstrates the spiritual "dominion" of the Two Witnesses during the duration of the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom" because
ALL of the Elect Saints were "sealed" (completing the "Body of Christ") before Satan could be "loosened" from the Bottomless Pit.
Rev 6:9-11 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the alter the SOULS [not bodies] of them that were
slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held: [Saints "killed" before the Fourth Beast]
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, Holy and True, dost Thou not judge and avenge
our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them,
that they should rest yet for a Little Season [Daniel's Fourth Kingdom] until their fellow servants also and their brethren
[all of the Great Tribulation Saints], that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. [this event was fulfilled
at the end of the 5th Trumpet Judgment (or First Woe)... at the appointed hour/day/month/year. See Rev. 9:15]
However, the passage also shows the spiritual "dominion" of Satan and his "Anti-Christ" during Satan's "Little Season"...
as they were able to "kill" the last (remaining) Saints - who had spiritual "dominion" throughout the entire Christian Kingdom.
Here (again) we see the difference between (a) when the Saints "lived and reigned with Christ" and (b) when Satan rules after the Pit.
It's important to understand the sequence of events in the transition between the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven" into the
(4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven", and then into the "time-of-the-end" [Dan 12:8-10] or "Season and Time" [Dan 7:11-12]
before the Seventh Trumpet sounds and the (5th) Eternal "Kingdom of Heaven" begins:
(1) First, the Great Commission of the church age must be completed as the Saints take the Gospel into the world and Christ is with them
until the "end of the age" [Mat 28:20]. This is when the Saints "live and reign with Christ" for the (spiritual) "thousand years" [Rev 20:4]. At this point the "testimony" of the Two Witnesses (the two candlesticks and two olive trees = the church) is "finished" [Rev 11:3-4] and all of the Saints are "sealed", or saved [Rev 7:1-3]. Then the Holy Spirit is "taken out of the way" [2Thess 2:6-9]. This time is known as the "Millennial Kingdom" and all these things must (and did) occur BEFORE Satan was "loosened" from the Bottomless Pit to start the Great Tribulation period.
(2) Then Satan was "loosened" from the Bottomless Pit [Rev 9:1-2] to begin his "Little Season" [Rev 20:3] and his chief emissary on earth,
the man called the "Little Horn" in the Old Testament [Dan 7:8], and in the New Testament he's called the "False Prophet" [Rev 16:13] or the
"Man of Sin" [2 Thess 2:3], or "the Beast", is given his power and his "seat" (rule) and his authority by Satan, the Dragon [Rev 13:2]. This man,
is commonly called THE Anti-Christ, and he leads the last "wheat and tares" [Mat 13:24-30], who are called the "ten virgins" [Mat 25:1] and the
ten "Kings/Horns" [Dan 7:24-25] and (again) the ten "Kings/Horns" who "agree to give their Kingdom to the Beast" [Rev 17:12-13, 17], as they
"went forth" from Christian Kingdom into the Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven", preaching the Gospel of the Anti-Christ, about
the Lord's imminent Return [Mat 25:1].
(3) After the Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven", or the Revelation Beast or Daniel's Fourth Kingdom/Beast is destroyed
there's another period on earth called the "time-of-the-end" [Dan 12:8-10] or the "Season and Time" [Dan 7:11-12] BEFORE God destroys
Satan's "Kingdoms of Man", and Satan, and all the unsaved people on earth, are cast into the eternal Lake of Fire to JOIN THE BEAST
[Rev 20:10]. See Chapters 1.2 and 1.3 for passages harmonizing the Final Harvest of the "wise virgins" and this "Season and Time" on earth.
The Chronology of Daniel's Fourth Beast (the Great Tribulation), is shown from several different perspectives, and is followed by a period
known as the "Season and Time" before God's Judgment upon the "Kingdoms of Man" (world governments). The chronology of the END
is shown as (1) the Fifth Trumpet Judgment and Sixth Trumpet Judgment - followed by the "Season and Time" before the Seventh Trumpet.
It's shown as (2) the seventh "Head/King" and the eighth "Head/King" or (3) the two "Beasts" living during the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven".
It is also shown as (4) the First and Second "Woes" and (5) the experiences of the Ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins" living in the Fourth Kingdom.
But the most comprehensive chronology provided in the Bible is (6) the four "Watches of the Night". We reveal each of these perspectives.
Chapter 9.2 - Context of End-Time Prophecies
There are (at least) four ESSENTIAL Bible Truths that must harmonize with our "gospel"... before we can even pretend to be able
to harmonize all related end-time prophecies (or "signs"). If we cannot harmonize these essential Bible Truths then (at best) we can only
bring some partial-truth (heresy) about the events AFTER the end of the "Great Commission" of the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven".
We will summarize these essential Biblical Truths before showing the chronology of the four "watches of the night" and historical fulfillment
of Great Tribulation prophecies ("signs").
9.2.1 First Context of the Gospel (after the Great Commission)
In the Bible, the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" on earth, is shown as (1) Daniel's Fourth Beast and (2) as the 7-Headed Revelation Beasts.
It's shown as (3) the Great Tribulation Kingdom, and it's shown as (4) the Reign of the Anti-Christ during (5) Satan's "Little Season".
This is fortunate because it gives us several different perspectives, and better understanding, about the SAME Biblical events.
9.2.2 Second Context of the Gospel (after the Great Commission)
In other words, the people living during Daniel's Fourth Beast - are the same people alive during the 7-Headed Revelations Beast.
And the same people living through the Great Tribulation Kingdom, and the same people alive during the Reign of the Anti-Christ.
The people living in Daniel's Fourth Kingdom - are the same people who are "overcome" and "killed" during Satan's "Little Season".
The events they endure are the same events... their experiences are the same. Again allowing us to harmonize different perspectives.
9.2.3 Third Context of the Gospel (after the Great Commission)
The fact that the Bible specifically NAMES four different "Kingdoms of Heaven" on earth can't be denied - it is the Gospel of the Bible.
Any denomination, church or preacher that cannot harmonize this FACT can only (at best) bring partial-truth, and cannot be taken seriously
because their "gospel" contradicts the Bible (Word of God). Their gospel may harmonize with some Scripture but not ALL related passages.
And that is how you discern Biblical Truth from false doctrine (or heresy)... for Truth, you must be able to harmonize all related passages.
In fact, why would any denomination, church or preacher want to NOT harmonize all related Scriptures - which clearly reveal that history
is just the REFLECTION of God's Salvation Plan over four (4) temporal "Kingdoms of Heaven" on earth... before establishment of the
one (1) eternal "Kingdom of Heaven" on earth? Why would any "Christian" want to intentionally ignore (literally dozens of) verses
that specifically NAME these separate-and-distinct "Kingdoms of Heaven"? The only answer is to protect their current "gospel".
9.2.4 Fourth Context of the Gospel (after the Great Commission)
The last "wheat and tares" on earth are called the Ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins"... and they are "overcome" to the point where they actually
"agree" to give their Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" to the man called the "Little Horn", the "False Prophet" and the Revelation "Beast".
This is an essential understanding of Matthew 25:1... initially the "wise virgins" follow the Anti-Christ just like the "foolish virgins".
The "wheat and tares" are not separated until AFTER the end of the First Woe... (after the "killing" of the First Revelation Beast).
Any gospel that does not explain the how and why the Last Saints "give their Kingdom to the Beast" - demonstrates it does not
even understand the basic and essential context of the Gospel... after the Great Commission of the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom".
You can read Chapter 8.4 to learn how God's Judgment begins with the "wheat" and then the "tares" within "His House"...
but (during the first "watch of the night") it's BOTH the "wise virgins" and "foolish virgins" that were "overcome" by the Anti-Christ,
as all "ten virgins" decided to "give their power and strength to the Beast". Imagine that... no Gospel of the Christian "Kingdom of Heaven" has ever taught that the Last Saints "agree to give their Kingdom to the (7-Headed Revelation)"Beast"... but there it is in Scripture. [Rev 17].
Rev 17:12 And the ten "Horns" which thou sawest are ten "Kings", which have received no kingdom as yet; [during the Church Age]
but receive power as Kings one hour [Satan's "Little Season"] with the Beast. 13 These ["Horns/Kings"] have one mind
and shall give their power and strength unto the Beast. [They "agree" to follow the Anti-Christ as they "went forth"
from the Christian Kingdom - and they followed him by preaching his Gospel of the Great Tribulation "Kingdom"].
Rev 17:17 For God hath put it in their hearts [in the ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins" hearts] to fulfill His Will,
and to agree and give their [Fourth] Kingdom unto the Beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
[the Last Saints initially "agree" to follow the Anti-Christ - because "God hath put it in their hearts" to do so]
Understanding some context allows us to harmonize dozens of passages and find the accurate Biblical CHRONOLOGY of events
occurring (a) during the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" and (b) during the "Season and Time" or "time-of-the-end" after destruction
of the 7-Headed Revelation Beast. But this context was not possible while Daniel's prophecies remained "closed-up" and "sealed".
While it's a brief OUTLINE of the END, the most concise chronology of the end is shown with understanding of the "sealed" mysteries
about the historical fulfillment of prophecies during the four "Watches of the Night", in the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven".
As shown throughout this prophecy - it was always God's Plan the Last Saints ("wise virgins") of the Fourth Kingdom "shall understand"
(and shall preach) all of these "sealed" Biblical mysteries after the "Second Woe is past"... while the Seventh Trumpet "begins to sound".
Chapter 9.3 - Context of the Four "Watches of the Night"
The Great Tribulation ("Kingdom of Heaven") has been recognized by most Christian churches, both Catholic and Protestant,
as the period immediately preceding the Lord's Return. In order to understand the chronology of events in this Revelation Beast
we must first understand that the Great Tribulation is described as being four "watches of the night". The Lord described this period
as being the "night... when no man can work" (because our "testimony is finished" when all the lost "sheep" have been found and "saved").
John 9:4 I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day [during the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom"... or the "Church Age"]:
the night cometh, [during the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom"] when no man can work [when our "testimony is finished",
since all of the "lost sheep" must be saved before Satan is "loosened"] 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.
[see 2Thess 2:6-9 revealing the Holy Spirit must be "taken out of the way" before Satan could be "loosened" for this "night"]
This "night" is the period when the saving of souls was no longer possible - because all the lost "sheep" had already been found and regenerated
(they were "saved" or "born again"). This "night" is when Saints weep for those who were never "harvested" into the Fourth (Great Tribulation)
"Kingdom of Heaven"... because that is the ONLY WAY to possibly be included in the "Final Harvest", during the fourth "watch of the night". Obviously, after all the lost "sheep" are saved - and after the "harvest" of the ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins" into the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven",
the people left-behind (in both the Jewish Kingdom and in the Church Age) had no hope of ever entering into the (5th) Eternal "Kingdom".
Luke 23:29 For, behold, the days are coming [after the (3rd) Great Commission Kingdom - during the (4th) Great Tribulation Kingdom]
in the which they [the Last Saints - the "wise virgins"] shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare,
and the paps which never gave suck. [because all of the elect "wheat/sheep/saints" have already been "sealed"]
So, the Lord did not only reveal (although it remained "sealed" until now) that the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" would be a spiritual "night",
when no man can "work" (because all the lost "sheep" have been found and our "testimony is finished"), the Lord even separated this "night" into four separate-and-distinct "watches of the night". And the Lord also blessed all of the "wise virgins" living during the Fourth "Kingdom"
because we were "watching" for His Return during the "second watch", and during the "third watch" and in the "fourth watch" of this "night".
These are all historical events which must be (and were) fulfilled by the Last Saints during the Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven".
Luke 12:36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord, when He will Return from the Wedding;
that when He cometh and knocketh, they may open unto Him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants,
whom the Lord when He Cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that He shall gird Himself, and make them
to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if He shall come in the SECOND WATCH [of the night],
or come in the THIRD WATCH [of the night], and find them so [watching/waiting], blessed are those servants [the Last Saints].
[Note: the point about the Lord giving the Last Saints "meat" is a reference to us understanding "unsealed mysteries" at the END].
In fact, the Lord even NAMES each of these four "watches of the night". And we know the Lord Returns during the FOURTH "watch"
because there are several passages that indicate that the Anti-Christ - and the Revelation Beasts - are destroyed about half-way through
the fourth "watch of the night". Many different passages reveal that Satan (and his Anti-Christ) rule for 3.5 "watches/times/days/years". Understanding the four "watches of the night" allows us to understand the chronology of events occurring during the Fourth Kingdom.
These revelations of "sealed" mysteries allow for harmony of Scripture on events occurring AFTER the end of the Great Commission.
No denomination, or church or preacher is able to offer an "informed opinion" on the return of the Lord - unless/until they can first
harmonize the four "watches of the night" into their eschatology - as these watches show the chronology of events at the end of time.
The Lord Jesus Christ (not us) specifically NAMES each of the four "watches of the night"... establishing an absolute Biblical Truth,
because it harmonizes with all related passages foretelling events AFTER the end of the Great Commission of the Christian "Kingdom".
Mark 13:35 But of that day and hour [of His Return] knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey,
who left His house, and gave authority to His servants [the wheat/sheep], and to every man his work, and commanded the
porter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the Master of the house cometh, at the EVEN [watch],
or at the MIDNIGHT [watch], or at the COCKCROWING [watch], or in the MORNING [watch]:
The Lord Jesus Christ taught the (4th) Great Tribulation (Revelation) "Kingdom" would be a spiritual "night" because all of the "lost sheep"
had already been found - and "sealed/saved/born-again" - before this "night" could begin. And the Lord taught "the night" would occur when
the Holy Spirit is "taken out of the way... only then could Satan be "loosened" from the "Bottomless Pit". Moreover, the Lord actually NAMES
EACH of the "four watches" before the Final Harvest, which is also the point (during the Fourth "Kingdom") when the "DOOR WAS SHUT".
Obviously "no man can work" when our "testimony is finished"... And it's very obvious that "no man can work" after "the door was shut".
When the Bible says the Anti-Christ rules for 3.5 "times", that indicates he is destroyed during the fourth "watch of the night".
When the Bible says the prophets lay dead in the street for 3.5 "days", that means they arise during the fourth "watch of the night".
When the Bible says the Anti-Christ treads the Kingdom forty-two months (3.5 years) it means it ends in the fourth "watch of the night".
No denomination, church or pastor can pretend to understand the events - or the chronology - of the (4th) Great Tribulation Kingdom unless
they can separate Daniel's Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" (aka. the Revelation Beast) into four separate-and-distinct "watches/times/days/years".
The "Woman" [the Last Saints] who are hidden from the face of the Serpent for 3.5 "times" [Rev 12]
The "Holy People" [the Last Saints] whose power is scattered by the Anti-Christ for 3.5 "times" [Dan 7]
The "Kings" [the Last Saints] that are given into his hand (into the Anti-Christ's hand) for 3.5 "times" [Dan 7]
The "Witnesses" [the Last Saints] which are first overcome, and then later killed, by Satan for 3.5 "days" [Rev 11]
The "Holy City" [the Last Saints] which the Anti-Christ treads under foot for forty-two months or 3.5 "years" [Rev 11]
The "Kingdom" [the Last Saints] who are under the power of the Anti-Christ for forty-two months or 3.5 "years" [Rev 13]
These four "watches of the night" are shown as 3.5 "times" and 3.5 "days" and 3.5 "years" (forty-two months). The events shown happening
in the passages about these "times/days/years" all represent the same events, and the people living during these four "watches of the night"
are all the same people... the same "wheat and tares" living on earth when the Lord Jesus Returns in Glory, and the Resurrection occurs.
No denomination, no church or preacher can offer an informed opinion about these events (or these people) unless they can harmonize
the four "watches of the night"... and the experiences of the ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins", which are shown in DOZENS of passages.
Chapter 9.4 - Context of these four PRISONS of the Great Tribulation (Strong's G5438)
The Bible contains the Greek word translated "watch", in the verses below, exactly forty-seven (47) times in the New Testament.
In order to offer an informed opinion on the four "watches of the night" (Strong's G5438)... any commentator must first understand,
(and harmonize) the fact that the Bible almost always translates that Greek word (Strong's G5438) as the word "PRISON"... not "watch".
Obviously there is a reason why the Providence of God had the word "prison" translated as "watch" during the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven"
This is God's way of showing us that the four "watches of the night" of the Great Tribulation (Fourth Beast or Revelation Beast) are related
to the ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins" being RULED by Satan - and his Anti-Christ - during that period. God is showing that Satan RULES
over the Great Tribulation - and the ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins" are in his PRISON (or imprisoned) during Satan's "Little Season".
Consider what an amazing insight God is providing (to the Saints) by using the word "prison" to identify the four "watches".
Lk 12:38 And if He shall come in the Second Watch (Strong's G5438), or come in the Third Watch (Strong's G5438),
and find them so [waiting and watching for His Return], blessed are those servants [the Last Saints on earth].
Mt 14:25 And in the Fourth Watch of the Night (Strong's G5438) Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
[in this passage, the Saints in the ship represent the Last Saints during the Great Tribulation. This is illustrated
in the language - as the Saints are being "tossed with waves" and the wind was "contrary" to them - as opposed
to during the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven"... when the Saints "lived and reigned with Christ". Rev 20]
Mk 6:48 And He saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the Fourth Watch of the Night
(Strong's G5438) He Cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
[Again, we see the contrast between the Saints "toiling in rowing" during the (4th) Great Tribulation Kingdom
when they had been healing people - and casting out demons - during the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven"]
Mt. 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what Watch (Strong's G5438) the thief would come,
he would not have suffered his house to be broken up. [Remember, for the lost, Jesus Comes as a "thief in the night"
so this is another VERSE where Jesus indicates the Fourth Kingdom is a "night" in which only the Last Saints can "see"]
While the (KJV) Bible translates Strong's G5438 as the word PRISON exactly 40 times, it translates the word as "watch" [of the night]
only five times... indicating the four separate-and-distinct periods of the Great Tribulation were a PRISON for the Saints living during
the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven"... because Satan and his Anti-Christ ruled over these Last Saints for 3.5 "watches/times/days/years".
Note: the fourth "watch" was "shortened" for the sake of the Elect [Mat 24:22], which is why Satan's "prison" was only for 3.5 "watches".
The only (other) time the Bible does not translate Strong's G5438 as being a PRISON (or imprisoned) is in Rev. 18:2 when it talks about
the period after Satan and the "Kingdom of Babylon" are defeated, before the end of the Second Woe or Sixth Trumpet (see Chapter 1.3),
when Strong's G5438 is translated as the word "cage" and then as the word "hold". Obviously this is because, after the Revelation Beasts,
Satan is cast into an ETERNAL PRISON (you can see Chapter 7 for more details about the rise-and-fall of Satan's "Babylon the Great").
After the "Kingdom of Babylon" is defeated - Satan (and all the angels and people in his kingdom) are put in an eternal "cage" or "hold".
Rev 18:1-2 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened
with His Glory. And He cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become
the habitation of devils, and the "hold" (Strong's G5438) of every foul spirit, and a "cage" (Strong's G5438) of every
unclean and hateful bird [the "unclean and hateful birds" represent the the "foolish virgins" of the Fourth Kingdom].
Again, it's absolutely amazing to realize that, by the Providence of Almighty God, the word translated forty (40) times as a PRISON,
the word translated as being the eternal "hold" and the eternal "cage" of Satan and the habitation of the devils... is also translated five times
as the word "watch" (of the night) which is only related to ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins" living during the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" on earth.
Clearly no denomination, church or preacher is qualified or capable of offering an informed opinion on the chronology of the end-times
unless and until they can first harmonize all related Scriptures about the four "watches of the night" when Satan and his Anti-Christ
RULE over the "ten virgins", so that they are in prison (or imprisoned) for a period shown as the 3.5 "times/days/years/watches".
And, as shown repeatedly already, this is NEW information only "unsealed" to the Last Saints, after Daniel's Fourth Beast
(the Revelation Beast) had been destroyed - during the "Season and Time" after the Great Tribulation has been finished.
This is all PART of the Gospel of the Bible, about events happening after the Great Commission has been completed.
Chapter 9.5 - Duration of each PRISON or each "Watch of the Night"
Before we can understand the chronology of the four "watches of the night" we need to know the duration of each "watch" and we need
to remember that we are talking about Judgment on the "House of God"... with Judgment first coming on the "wheat and sheep" (Saints)
during the First "watch of the night" (also called the Fifth Trumpet Judgment and/or the First Woe), and then God's Judgment comes on
the unsaved "tares and goats" during the Second, Third and Fourth "watches of the night" (also called the Sixth Trumpet Judgment and
the Second Woe). Again, the four "watches of the night" are exclusive to the ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins" being RULED by Satan and
by his "Anti-Christ" during (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven"... and does not include those (Jews, Moslems, Buddhists,
Hindus, Atheists, Agnostics, Secular Humanists, Pagans, Satanists, etc.) who are outside of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven".
As shown several times throughout this little book, God's Judgment on those outside of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" does not occur until
after the "time-of-the-end" or "Season and Time". God judges the "Kingdoms of Man" (world governments) after judging the "House of God".
We have only included limited information about God's (second) Judgment on the (physical/political) Kingdoms of the world... in Chapter 10.
Each "watch of the night" (each prison of the Fourth Kingdom) lasted for exactly 2300 days*. And we can know absolutely that these days
are, in fact, LITERAL DAYS because the literal translation of the Scripture calls them 2300 "evenings and mornings" [Dan 8:14 and 8:26].
This makes perfect sense (and provides complete harmony of Scripture) when we remember Biblical days start - and end - at sunset.
* Note: you must always remember the Fourth "watch" was "shortened" for the sake of the Elect [Mat 24:22].
Dan 8.9 And out of one of them came forth a Little Horn [the "False Prophet" or the Anti-Christ], which waxed exceedingly great toward
the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. 10 And it [the Little Horn] waxed great even to the Host of Heaven;
and it cast down some of the Host and of the stars [host and stars represent those in the "Kingdom of Heaven"] to the ground and
stamped upon them 11 Yea, he [the Little Horn] magnified himself even to the Prince of the Host, and by him the Daily Sacrifice
was taken away, and the place of the Sanctuary was cast down. 12 And an Host was given him against the Daily Sacrifice by
reason of transgression, and it [the Little Horn] cast down the truth [the Gospel] to the ground; and it practised and prospered. 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 [aka. Daniel's Abomination of Desolation], to give both the Sanctuary
and the Host to be trodden under foot? 14 And he said unto me, unto two thousand and three hundred days [evening/morning];
then shall the Sanctuary [wheat in the Fourth Kingdom] be cleansed [after the first 2300 day "watch"... and after the First Woe...
shall the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" be cleansed of all the unsaved "tares/goats", which is finished before the "Final Harvest"].
Dan 8:26 And the vision of the [2300] evening and morning [the FIRST "watch of the night"] which was told is true:
wherefore [Daniel] SHUT thou up the vision ["seal" this prophecy from all the Saints - until the Last Saints];
for it shall be for many days. [it is not fulfilled until the days of the Last Saints - also called the "wise virgins"]
The Bible is very clear that (a) God's Judgment begins with the "House of God" (the "wheat and tares" living during the Fourth Kingdom)
in the four separate "watches of the night" and (b) the duration of these "watches" are 2300 literal days - or 2300 "evenings and mornings".
This is new information for those "tares/goats" left-behind in the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven", and the "tares/goats" left-behind in
the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven" because this is one of the mysteries that God promised would remain "sealed" (to all Saints)
until it is preached by the Last Saints during the "Season and Time" ("time-of-the-end") after destruction of Daniel's Fourth (Revelation) Beast.
While most "Christian" denominations, churches and preachers THINK the Great Tribulation lasts for seven years - or for 3.5 years...
these are the people who cannot even DEFINE the five "Kingdoms of Heaven", who have no idea about the truth of Daniel's prophecies
(because they remained "sealed" to them) and they know nothing about the four "watches of the night". In other words, they are clueless
about the END of their Kingdom... just as the Jews in the Second "Kingdom of Heaven" remained clueless about the END of their Kingdom.
Therefore, their "interpretations" of Biblical prophecy after the Great Commission - are nothing more than an abstract fantasy...
assuming they even have any eschatology about EVENTS occurring after the end of the Great Commission of the Christian Kingdom.
Remember, God PROMISED the truth would remain "sealed" until the "time-of-the-end". Therefore, any eschatology that was developed
before this "Season and Time" must immediately be rejected as false (as heresy) because it was developed during a time when God promised
that the TRUTH would remain "closed-up" and "sealed" to all men. It really is as simple as that... if we dare to believe what the Bible teaches.
Chapter 9.6 - The most Simple Chronology - the four "watches" of the "Ten Virgins"
The easiest example of the chronology of the Fourth Kingdom, or the Great Tribulation, (shown as the four "watches of the night")
is provided in Matthew 25, with the experiences of the "Ten Virgins" that "went forth" from the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven",
as they followed the Anti-Christ - preaching the Gospel of the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven". In this chapter we shall
show the historical fulfillment of the "ten virgins" of Daniel's Fourth Beast (the Revelation Beast). Then, in the next chapters, we will
HARMONIZE related Scriptures with these four "watches of the night", experienced by the "Ten Virgins" during Satan's "Little Season".
9.6.1 The first "Watch of the Night"... During the first 2300 evening/mornings
Mat 25:1 Then [during the Great Tribulation] shall the "Kingdom of Heaven" be likened [look like] "Ten Virgins",
which took their lamps [their gospels], and "went forth" [from the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven"]
to meet the Bridegroom [the Lord Jesus] 2 And five of them were wise [saved "wheat/sheep"], and five
were foolish [unsaved "tares/goats"]. 3 They that were foolish [unsaved] took their lamps [their gospels]
and took no oil [Holy Spirit] with them: 4 But the wise [saved] took oil in their vessels [being "indwelt"]
and with their lamps [their gospels].
The departure of the Last Saints (along with some "tares/goats") from the most faithful churches on earth was a historical event
that was not only a topic of discussion - but also a controversy - within many of the traditional Orthodox and Reformed Protestant
churches. However, it was of little concern (if noted at all) within Catholic churches and hundreds of apostate Protestant Churches.
This becomes even more significant/relevant when we realize there were TWO different "heads/kings/beasts" in the Fourth Kingdom.
To offer an informed opinion on events in the Fourth Kingdom we must be able to distinguish between two separate Revelation Beasts.
More information in Chapter 9.7
9.6.2 The second "Watch of the Night"... During the second 2300 evening/mornings
Mat 25:5 While the Bridegroom tarried [when the Lord did not return as preached in the Great Tribulation Gospel]
they [all ten virgins - both the wise and the foolish] "slumbered and slept" [they had no gospel to preach].
Again, it is a historical fact that the people who preached the Gospel of the First Beast were openly ridiculed when their prophecy
of the Lord's Return did not occur as they (the "Ten Virgins") had been preaching. Again, this was only an event that was important
to those who had been "tormented" by the First Beast [Rev 11:10]... but it was not an issue in the Catholic or apostate Protestant churches.
Note: this period of silence - after the initial failed prophecy, is a historical event acknowledged in many traditional Protestant churches.
This is the period after the FIRST Revelation "Beast" received what appeared to be a fatal wound to one (the seventh) of its "Heads".
More information in Chapter 9.8 and 9.9
9.6.3 The third "Watch of the Night"... during the third 2300 evening/mornings
Mat 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made [by the Anti-Christ], Behold, the Bridegroom [Jesus Christ] Cometh;
go ye out to meet Him. 7 Then all those [all ten] virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps [adjusted their gospels].
[this represents the beginning of the Second Beast of the Great Tribulation - the Second Revelation Beast... see Rev. 13]
Note: It was during the third "watch of the night" that God began to separate the "wheat and tares" by revealing to the "wise virgins"
(and to the "unprofitable servant") that the Gospel of the Second Revelation Beast did NOT harmonize with the Bible. It was during
the Second Beast that the Saints (but not the "unprofitable servant") began to "see" they had been following the Anti-Christ during the
First "watch of the night". This is another historical event which (this time) is acknowledged by many - in and outside of the churches.
In fact, events in both the Third "watch of the night" and Fourth "watch of the night" were reported by the media, and by many churches.
More information in Chapter 9.9
9.6.4 The fourth "Watch of the Night"... during the fourth 2300 evening/mornings (which were "shortened" for the Elect)
Mat 25:8 And the foolish [virgins] said to the wise [virgins], Give us of your oil; for our lamps [our gospels] have gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you; but go ye rather to them that sell,
and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they [the foolish virgins] went to buy, the Bridegroom [Jesus Christ] Came,
and they that were ready [all the "wise virgins"] went in with Him to the Marriage: AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT.
[The phrase "Door was Shut" means the "Final Harvest" is completed - nobody else could enter into the "Marriage"]
Note: These verses (Mat 25:8-10) prove beyond any doubt that the prophecy of the "Ten Virgins" did not represent events
occurring in the Christian "Kingdom of Heaven" or the Church Age. There is no possibility that the events in this prophecy
represent events during the Great Commission because AT NO TIME during the Church Age would the Saints refuse to teach
the Gospel - and then send people to some other group for salvation. However, these events harmonize exactly with what occurred
during the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" (Revelation Beast). Which confirms what we already know, these are events of the "Ten Virgins".
In other words, the prophecy of the "Ten Virgins" could not represent events beginning after Pentecost (during the Church Age)...
but it does represent events occurring during the Great Tribulation Kingdom. It even provides a chronology of the Fourth Kingdom.
More information in Chapter 9.10
It was during the fourth "watch of the night" that the "wise virgins" saw the great "falling-away" occur [2Th 2:3] in the Fourth Kingdom.
It was during the fourth "watch of the night" that the "wise virgins" saw the Man of Sin "sitting" (ruling) in the "Temple of God", which is the same event as seeing Daniel's Abomination of Desolation "standing" (ruling) in the "Holy Place". The fourth "watch of the night"
is when the "wheat and tares" are completely separated - as the "Final Harvest" occurs and the "DOOR WAS SHUT" (see Chapter 1.3).
9.6.5 In the "Season and Time" after the Fourth Beast was destroyed... and after the "DOOR WAS SHUT"
There is a time break between the end of the Fourth Beast (Revelation Beasts) and the resurrection of the dead - at the Lord's Appearing.
This time break is shown in Scripture as the "Season and Time" after the Great Tribulation, or the "time-of-the-end" when the Last Saints
understand (and preach) Biblical mysteries that remained "sealed" until after the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven". Information none of the
unsaved "tares/goats" within the Fourth Kingdom are able to understand or accept... much less those who were OUTSIDE the Kingdom.
This "Season and Time" is shown in many different Scriptures (see Chapter 1.3), but typically it's shown as the brief period on earth
after the end of the Second Woe, the Sixth Trumpet Judgment - or judgment on the "House of God" (see Chapter 8.4) and the period
before the Third Woe or Seventh Trumpet - or judgment on the physical/political "Kingdoms of Man" (all of the world governments).
While we briefly discuss (Chapter 10) God's Judgment on the physical and political governments of the world, for now we will focus
on the chronology of Daniel's Fourth Beast, the Revelation Beast(s)... during the Great Tribulation -or- during Satan's "Little Season".
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Bottom Line: There are only THREE CHOICES:
(1) believe the prophecy of the "ten virgins" has already happened
(2) believe the prophecy of the "ten virgins" is still a future event or
(3) believe Jesus was just telling a fairy tale (or LIE) about these events
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The Last Saints (the last of the "wise virgins") will now reveal a more detailed Chronology of Daniel's Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven"
by harmonizing passages from both the Old Testament and the New Testament related to the historical fulfillment of the "Ten Virgins".
We are only citing a limited amount of verses... additional Scriptures that harmonize with these EVENTS are easily found in the Bible.
Note: The Old Testament OFTEN used people and events as a "type" or "shadow" (prophecy) of events during the Revelation Kingdom.
This should not be new information to any mature "Christian"... was not Jesus shown as being the "Lamb of God" in the Old Testament?
Does anyone want to argue the "Passover" (besides being a historical event) was not also a prophecy about the Final Judgment of God?
Clearly, both the Atonement of Jesus Christ - and the Final Judgment of God were foretold through Old Testament people and events.
God's Judgment on Sodom (homosexuals) is an appropriate - and very timely - example of an Old Testament event being a "shadow"
of the conditions on earth during the "Season and Time" (how many genders are there now?) and a "shadow" of the Final Judgment
... as the Bible makes it very clear [Rom 1 and others] that homosexuality is a "sign" upon people who are already forsaken by God.
Chapter 9.7 - Events occurring during the FIRST "Watch of the Night" May 20/21, 1988... to Sept 6/7, 1994
Biblical days start and end at sundown
The people living during the first "watch of the night" are also shown as (1) people living during the First "Woe", and as (2) people living
during the Fifth Trumpet Judgment, and as (3) the people living under the rule of the seventh "Head/King" of the "Kingdom of Babylon",
and as (4) people living during the first Revelation "Beast", and as (5) people establishing the Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven".
The Bible contains DOZENS of passages about the experiences of these people (6) but the Truth about the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven"
(and the "Season and Time") remained "closed-up" and "sealed" (to all Saints), until the Truth was revealed to the Last Saints
who are called the "wise virgins" of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven".
Mat 25:1 Then [during the Great Tribulation] shall the "Kingdom of Heaven" be likened [look like] "ten virgins",
which took their lamps [their gospels], and "went forth" [from the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven"]
to meet the Bridegroom [the Lord Jesus] 2 And five of them were wise [saved "wheat/sheep"], and five
were foolish [unsaved "tares/goats"]. 3 They that were foolish [unsaved] took their lamps [their gospels]
and took no oil [Holy Spirit] with them: 4 But the wise [saved] took oil in their vessels [being "indwelt"]
and with their lamps [and with their gospel].
The most important information to allow any denomination, church or preacher to offer an "informed opinion" on the historical fulfillment
of (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven" prophecies ("signs") is to understand (7) the CONTEXT of those events were exclusive to
the ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins" who followed the Anti-Christ, as they "went forth" from the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven", and that
(8) this event could not happen until after the END of the "Great Commission" when all the lost "sheep" had been "saved/sealed/born again" and (9) this event could not happen until the "testimony" of the Last Saints was "finished" (as all lost sheep had to have already been saved) and (10) contrary to the eschatology of the churches, (being a "sealed" mystery) the Anti-Christ did NOT rule the entire "world" or "earth"...
instead, he ruled over the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven", which consisted of the LAST "wheat and tares" on earth before the Lord's Return.
Again, these last "wheat and tares" are called the (saved) "wise virgins" and (unsaved) "foolish virgins" in the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven".
Rev 7:2-3 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the Living God: and he cried with a loud voice
to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea,
nor the trees, till we have SEALED the servants of our God in their foreheads [until all the Saints are saved].
Rev 11:7 And when they [the Last Saints] shall have finished their testimony [and all "wheat/sheep" are sealed],
the Beast that ascendeth out of the Bottomless Pit shall make war against them [the Last Saints],
and shall overcome them, and kill them [during the Fourth Beast or the Revelation Beast].
It is very important to understand that (11) the FIRST Revelation "Beast", which arises during the FIRST "Watch of the Night",
was not focused on attacking people in apostate Protestant churches or people in Catholic churches... much less people not associated
with the "Kingdom of Heaven" (like Jews, Moslems, Buddhists, Hindus, Atheists, Agnostics, Secular Humanists, Pagans, etc.,) Instead,
Satan and his Anti-Christ were focused on attacking the Last Saints on earth (the "remnant" of the "wheat/sheep"). They were focused on attacking those (very few individuals remaining on earth) "which keep the commandments of God, and have the Testimony of Jesus Christ".
Of course this harmonizes with everything we have already seen (see Chapter 8.4) that God's Judgment BEGINS with the "House of God".
Rev 12:17 And the Dragon [Satan] was wroth with the woman [the "Bride of Christ"],
and went to make war with the remnant of her seed [the Last Saints on earth]
which keep the commandments of God, and have the Testimony of Jesus Christ.
While the historical fulfillment of the Last Saints (along with some "tares") leaving their churches - to follow the Anti-Christ, preaching
the Gospel of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven", was both a common topic of discussion and a very significant concern within many of the
most traditional Orthodox Protestant and Reformed churches (because real Saints always seek the most faithful churches) it was not noticed
within Catholic churches or apostate Protestant churches - because real Saints would not be associated with false Gospels. This is also the
reason why this "harvest" of the "ten virgins" was not a "media event" (like the SECOND Revelation Beast) Moreover, in the Bible, this
"harvest" of the "ten virgins" (12) is called "The Beginning of Sorrows"... as it's the first event occurring during Satan's "Little Season".
Mat 24:7 For nation will rise against nation [Satan's nation will rise against the Nation of God] and kingdom against kingdom
[the kingdom of Satan rises against the Kingdom of God]; and there shall be famines and pestilences [as the Truth is hidden]
and earthquakes [spiritual judgments] in divers places [many congregations]. All these are the BEGINNING OF SORROWS.
The last "wheat and tares" on earth did not decide to depart ("went forth") from their churches in the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven"
in order to follow some STRANGER into the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven". Instead, the Anti-Christ had been a very
well known Bible teacher - with a ministry of about fifty (50) years - before he began to preach the Gospel of the "Fourth Kingdom".
Make no mistake, the Bible (Isaiah 10) teaches that God USED the Anti-Christ to bring Judgment on the last "wheat and tares".
As already shown (Chapter 8.4) Judgment BEGINS at the "House of God"... before Judgment comes to world governments.
For decades this Anti-Christ had earned the respect and admiration of many Bible "scholars", denominations, churches and pastors because his preaching was based on Reformed or traditional Orthodox Protestant theology. In the view of many (even those who did not leave their
churches to follow him) he was by far the most "enlightened" Bible teacher since the Reformation. He had demonstrated the most profound understanding of Scripture - which is why the Bible says (13) he was able to "understand dark sentences" (Biblical mysteries)... and that was HOW he was able (14) to "obtain the [Fourth] Kingdom with flatteries".
Remember, the Last Saints were/are REAL Saints and, as such, we have (since Pentecost) always been the best theologians on the planet...
being "indwelt" (and taught) by the Holy Spirit of God. So, in order to "overcome" the Last Saints, the Anti-Christ would have to preach
a Gospel that was faithful to the Bible (as revealed to the Christian Saints), and he would have to be able to "understand dark sentences".
This is WHY the Last Saints followed the Anti-Christ - and again explains HOW he was able to deceive ("overcome") the Last Saints.
Note: the Gospel of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" was related to revealing the exact DATE that the Lord Jesus would Return.
Dan 8:23 And in the latter time of their [Christian Saints] kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full [when few Saints are left],
a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences [Biblical mysteries] shall stand up [rule] 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power [the Anti-Christ gets his power from Satan - but ultimately God USED both of them]
and he [the Anti-Christ] shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy [in Daniel's Abomination]
the mighty and Holy People [which are the Last Saints on earth - also called the "wise virgins" of the Fourth "Kingdom"].
Dan 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person to who they [those in the churches] shall not give the honor of the kingdom
[he was not an ordained minister] but he shall come in [into the Kingdom] peaceable, and obtain the Kingdom by flatteries
[the Anti-Christ preached an Orthodox Protestant or Reformed Gospel - being faithful Gospels from the Christian "Kingdom"]
Dan 11:23 And after the league [agreement] made with him [the Anti-Christ] he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people [the Last Saints are few at the end]. 24 He shall enter peacefully even upon the fattest of places of the province [the most faithful parts of the Kingdom]; and he shall do that which his fathers [previous false prophets]
had not done, nor his fathers' fathers; [it was a time unlike any other in history] he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil,
and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. [for the first "time/day/year/watch"]
The fact that there were few Saints left is also shown in Revelation Chapter 8:7-13, as the first "Four Woes" represents the diminished
role of the Saints within the end-time church... and the "Fifth Woe", in Chapter 9:1, represents the "Beginning of Sorrows" or the start
of the Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven" as Satan is "loosened" from the Bottomless Pit - to begin his rule in the "Little Season".
Isaiah 10, Matthew 7, Luke 13, Luke 18 (and many other Scriptures) talk about there being few Saints left on earth when He Returns.
The "Ten Virgins" of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" were initially "overcome" by the apparent faithfulness and incredible Biblical insight
("understanding dark sentences") of the Anti-Christ - which is why we "went forth" from the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven" and we preached his (Great Tribulation) Gospel during the FIRST "watch of the night". This was historical fulfillment of Daniel's "Abomination"
"standing" (ruling) in the "Holy Place" (of the "Body"), and the Man-of-Sin "sitting" (ruling) within the "Temple" (of the "Body of Christ").
This is when (15) we "gave (our) power and strength" to the Beast - this is also (16) when we "agreed to give (our) Kingdom to the Beast".
This is when the "ten virgins" followed the Anti-Christ - preaching his Gospel - which specified the exact DATE of the Lord's Return.
Rev 17:12 And the ten "Horns" which thou sawest are ten "Kings", which have received no kingdom as yet; [during the church age]
but receive power as Kings one hour [Satan's "Little Season"] with the Beast. These [ten "Horns/Kings"] have one mind
and shall give their power and strength unto the Beast.
Rev 17:17 For God hath put it in their [the ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins"] hearts to fulfill His Will,
and to agree and give their [Fourth] Kingdom unto the Beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
This is the period when the "ten virgins" of the Fourth Kingdom help the Anti-Christ (they "give their power and strength to the Beast")
as we were involved in Daniel's "Abomination of Desolation" being established ("placed" or "set-up") in the FIRST "watch of the night",
although the "wise virgins" did not "see" (understand/recognize) what we had done - until the THIRD and FOURTH "watch of the night", causing us to separate from the "foolish virgins" and Anti-Christ before the "Final Harvest" occurs and "the Door was Shut" for eternity.
So, while the "wise virgins" and the "foolish virgins" separate before the "Final Harvest" in the fourth "watch of the night", at the start
of the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven" all of the "ten virgins" (both the "wheat and tares") helped to "place" or "set-up" Daniel's "Abomination of Desolation"... and they "pollute" the "Sanctuary of Strength"... when the "Daily Sacrifice" is "taken-away".
See chapter 8.5 for about TWO DOZEN different verses showing the nature and purpose of Daniel's "Abomination of Desolation".
No denomination, church or preacher is qualified or capable of explaining EVENTS occurring during the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven"
when their eschatology does not even include a Fourth Kingdom - or when they cannot even DEFINE the words being used in the event,
like "arms" and "Sanctuary of Strength" and "Daily Sacrifice" and "shall place" and/or "set-up" Daniel's "Abomination of Desolation",
within the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" on earth. The historical fulfillment of these prophecies could not be known by anyone
until they were "revealed" to the Last Saints on earth (the "wise virgins") AFTER destruction of the Revelation Beasts.
Dan 11:31 And arms [the ten "Kings/Horns"] shall stand on his [the Little Horn's] part and they [both] shall pollute
the Sanctuary of Strength [the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven"], and shall take away the Daily Sacrifice, and
they [both] SHALL PLACE the Abomination that maketh Desolate. [Daniel's Abomination of Desolation]
Dan 12:11 And from the time that the Daily Sacrifice shall be taken away, and the Abomination that maketh Desolate
[Daniel's Abomination of Desolation] is SET UP, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12 Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. 13 But
[Daniel] go thou thy way till the END be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of days.
Notice, while denominations, churches and preachers can only talk in abstract terms about fulfillment of Fourth Kingdom prophecies...
we have explained the context of WHO is involved (the "ten virgins"), and we have already explained the context of WHAT was involved
(the Anti-Christ rules over the "ten virgins") and we have explained the context of WHEN the event happened (after the Great Commission)
and we have explained the context of WHERE the events occurred (the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" on earth), and we have already shown the context of HOW the events occurred (the Last Saints "agree to give their Kingdom" to the Revelation Beast), and we have even shown
the context of WHY the events occurred (God put it in the Saint's hearts to fulfill His Will of Judgment beginning at the "House of God").
But there's so much more... There are dozens of other passages that harmonize (and confirm) the Biblical mysteries we already revealed.
Here is another vision (17) of the ten "virgins/horns/kings" following the Anti-Christ and establishing the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven",
during the first "watch of the night" (also shown as the Fifth Trumpet, the First Woe and the rising of the seventh "head/king" of Babylon).
Because Satan was given RULE over both the saved "wise virgins" and the unsaved "foolish virgins", the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" is
also called the Revelation "Beast" or the Kingdom of "Babylon" (see chapter 7 for complete details about "Mystery Babylon the Great").
Again, the fulfillment of these historical events occurred during the period called "the Beginning of Sorrows".
Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a Beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads [showing the completion of
Daniel's Beasts.. one "head" from the first Beast, one "head" from the second Beast, four "heads" from the third Beast and
one "head" from the fourth Beast... for a total of seven heads] and ten horns [also shown as ten "virgins/horns/kings"],
and upon his [ten] horns ten crowns [the ten "virgins/horns/kings" RULE as "kings" with the Beast - see Rev. 17:12],
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy ["Babylon the Great"].
Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads [the seventh "head", or the Anti-Christ] as it were wounded to death
[showing the end of the first Beast, the end of the Fifth Trumpet, the end of the First Woe]:
and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the Beast
[at the rise of the Second Beast during the Second Woe or Sixth Trumpet]
The "killing" of the First Revelation Beast - at the end of the first "watch of the night" (end of the Fifth Trumpet and end of the First Woe),
was foreordained by God to happen on an exact "year" and "month" and "day" and "hour" [Rev 9:15] ... at the end of the First Woe and the beginning of the Second Woe (also called the Sixth Trumpet and second "watch of the night"). The first Revelation Beast received
what appeared to be a fatal wound to one of its "heads" (to the seventh "head"... or the Anti-Christ) during the same time as the
"wise virgins" are spiritually "killed" - but the "foolish virgins" continued with their rebellion of trying to DATE His Return.
The wounding of the First Revelation Beast - and the spiritual "killing" of the "wise virgins" - occurred when we were proven to be
FALSE PROPHETS... when our Gospel of Christ's Return did not occur as we had prophesied (when the Lord "tarried"). Because
of the superior Bible knowledge of the "ten virgins" and the fact we were preaching dark sentences" from the Anti-Christ, many "tares/goats"
in the (traditional Orthodox and Reformed) churches were "tormented" when hearing this new Gospel of the Fourth "Kingdom". As a result of their "torment", many followed the "ten virgins" and the Anti-Christ as they "went forth" from their churches preaching the Gospel
of the (First) Revelation Beast, during the first "watch of the night"... and establishing the rule of the 7-Headed Revelation Beast.
Part of the Gospel of the (first) Revelation Beast was that God had promised (in Amos 3:6-7) that He would reveal information about the
Return of Christ - to the Last Saints - and, since the unsaved "tares" in the church could not REFUTE our Gospel, many of them hoped
to be saved by following the Gospel of the Anti-Christ. The "ten virgins" consisted of many "tares"... with the few remaining "wheat".
Revelation 9 explains many of these facts - and harmonizes the first "watch of the night" (Fifth Trumpet, First Woe and First Beast)
begins as Satan is "loosened" from the Bottomless Pit to RULE during his "Little Season". The vision begins at the Fifth Trumpet,
as Satan is "loosened" from the Bottomless Pit. As a result, there arose smoke and (spiritual) darkness - because of this smoke [v1-2].
This represents Satan and his Demons rising from the Pit to begin their RULE over the Fourth Kingdom. Then, out of that smoke,
(out of Satan and his Demons) came "Locusts" on the earth with the power of scorpions (false prophets), and they were commanded
to not hurt the the green grass or trees on earth (saved "wheat/sheep")... but to "torment" the unsaved "tares" in their churches [v3-4].
And the Bible specifies the Locusts (ten "virgins" following the Anti-Christ) should not "kill" (meaning "kill" in Christ - or "save")
any of these people, but only "torment" them with their superior knowledge of the Bible - and "dark sentences" they could not refute.
In those days, because they could never refute the Gospel of the "ten virgins", many unsaved "tares" wanted to find death in Christ...
(wanted to find salvation with the Anti-Christ)... and they followed the Anti-Christ, preaching his Gospel of the Fourth "Kingdom".
But it was not possible for them to be saved since the "Body of Christ" was completed before Satan was loosened from the Pit [v5-6].
Note: the Bible specifies these Locusts (the "ten virgins") were RULED by the "King" of the Bottomless Pit... which is Satan [v11].
So HOW does all this relate to the First Revelation Beast receiving what appeared to be a fatal wound to ONE of it's "heads"?
In Revelation 9 [v11] it reveals that at the END of the First Woe (Fifth Trumpet, first "watch of the night") and the BEGINNING
of the Second Woe (Sixth Trumpet and second "watch of the night"), not only did the Beast suffer an apparent fatal wound but also
all of the "wise virgins" (but none of the "foolish virgins") were spiritually "killed" when their Gospel was proven false - and they were
shown (to all they "tormented") to be false prophets. Church-goers joy in seeing the "death" of the First Beast is represented by the Bible,
saying they would "rejoice" and "make marry" over the killing of the prophets ("ten virgins") who "tormented" them... and they did. [Rev 11:10]
It's important to understand two things about the "wounding" of the First Beast and the "killing" of those following the Anti-Christ.
First... it occurred at God's foreordained time - down to the exact "year" and "month" and "day" and "hour" [Rev 9:15] And secondly,
there was a tremendous difference between the effect of this event on the (saved) "wise virgins"... and the (unsaved) "foolish virgins".
The difference in the effect of this event (their prophecy being proved to be a false prophecy) would later provide a major "sign" about
which of the Anti-Christ's followers were really saved "wise virgins"... and which of his followers were only unsaved "foolish virgins".
Rev 9:18 By these [four angels] there was the third part of men killed [representing the saved "wise virgins"],
by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
[Rev. 6:9-11 promised all the Fourth Kingdom Saints must be "killed"]
Rev 9:20 And the rest of the men which were NOT killed by these plagues [representing the unsaved "foolish virgins"]
yet REPENTED NOT of the works of their hands [creating false gospels], that they should worship devils, and
idols of gold and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, not hear, nor walk 21 Neither
repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
So, at the END of the Fifth Trumpet (First Woe and first "watch of the night") and the BEGINNING of the Sixth Trumpet
(Second Woe and second "watch of the night") the seventh "head" of the Revelation Beast received what appeared to be a fatal
"wound" (he lost all credibility because of his false prophecy) and the "wise virgins" were (spiritually) "killed" because they had
realized GOD HAD FORSAKEN THEM to be false prophets... and, as a result they stopped preaching. But the "foolish virgins"
were NOT killed and they "repented not" of their sins - in fact they did not even admit to others (or themselves) that they had been
preaching a false Gospel. Instead, they pretended there was just MORE they needed to learn about the timing of the Lord's Return.
The difference between the "wise virgins" being spiritually "killed" when they realized God had forsaken them to be false prophets
and the fact the "foolish virgins" were not "killed", they continued to pretend that their Gospel had not been false - they continued to
pretend they were speaking for God, but they just needed some additional information to correct an "error" in their previous Gospel...
this difference was a major "sign" for the Last Saints - during the third "watch of the night" and during the fourth "watch of the night".
Despite the REALITY of history, the "foolish virgins" never admitted to themselves (or to others) that they had preached a LIE,
and, therefore, it is impossible they are real Saints speaking for God. At the end of the Great Tribulation, as God was beginning
to separate the "wheat and tares", one of the "signs" of the "wise virgins" was they were able to see that God had forsaken them
(and they repented) whereas the "foolish virgins" never repented. This allowed the Last Saints to identify WHO was part of the
"foolish virgins" (and part of the Second Revelation Beast), so that we could oppose them... and eventually separate from them.
As shown throughout this prophecy the Final Separation of the "wheat and tares" (in the "Final Harvest") occurs about half-way
through the fourth "watch of the night".
We have just shown that (during the FIRST "watch of the night")
(1) The Fifth Trumpet - and First Woe - and the rise of the first Revelation Beast all occur at the same time... when Satan is "loosened".
(2) Satan's "Little Season" could not occur until after all the lost sheep had been saved - and the "Body of Christ" had been completed.
(3) Satan and his Anti-Christ were focused on attacking the Last Saints on earth (the "remnant" of the "wheat/sheep").
They were focused on attacking those (very few individuals remaining on earth) "which keep the commandments of God,
and have the Testimony of Jesus Christ". The Anti-Christ did not care about apostate churches (either Catholic or Protestant).
(4) During the "Beginning of Sorrows" the kingdom of Satan attacks the Last Saints and God "Hides His Face" from the Saints as
the Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven" was established when they "went forth" from their churches and began preaching
the Gospel of the Anti-Christ. This "Beginning of Sorrows" was also shown as the rise of the 7-Headed Revelation Beast,
and it's shown as the rise of the "Little Horn" in Daniel's Fourth Kingdom/Beast.
(5) The Anti-Christ was a well-known Bible teacher, with over 50 years experience preaching - and great admiration within most
Reformed and traditional Orthodox Protestant churches. The Anti-Christ was able to "overcome" the "ten virgins" because he
was able to understand "dark sentences" (Biblical mysteries) and he came speaking "flatteries"... preaching a Reformed Gospel.
(6) The ten "Virgins/Horns/Kings" that follow the Anti-Christ "receive power as Kings one hour with the [first] Beast".
The ten "Virgins/Horns/Kings" have one mind "and shall give their power and strength unto the [first] Beast".
The ten "Virgins/Horns/Kings" (to fulfill God's Will) "agree to give their Kingdom unto the [first] Beast".
The ten "Virgins/Horns/Kings" (with the Anti-Christ) "shall place" or "set-up" Daniel's "Abomination".
(7) The Gospel of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" was about the SPECIFIC DATE the Lord Jesus Christ would Return in Glory.
The first "watch of the night" (Fifth Trumpet/First Woe) ends when the Gospel of the Anti-Christ proves to be a false Gospel.
At that time the Anti-Christ (seventh "head/king") received an apparently fatal wound (as he lost all credibility) and the
"wise virgins" were spiritually "killed"... as they realize that God had forsaken them. But the "foolish virgins" never
admitted they preached a false Gospel, they repented not of their "sorceries". Their inability to accept reality was
one of the major "signs" for identifying the "wheat" from the "tares" during the later "watches of the night".
Notice, while denominations, churches and preachers can only talk in abstract terms about fulfillment of Fourth Kingdom prophecies...
we have explained the context of WHO is involved (the "ten virgins"), and we have already explained the context of WHAT was involved
(the Anti-Christ rules over the "ten virgins") and we have explained the context of WHEN the event happened (after the Great Commission)
and we have explained the context of WHERE the events occurred (the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" on earth), and we have already shown the context of HOW the events occurred (the Last Saints "agree to give their Kingdom" to the Revelation Beast), and we have even shown
the context of WHY the events occurred (God hath "put it in their hearts to fulfill His Will" in Judgment beginning at the "House of God").
There are many more passages of Scripture that harmonize completely with the verses and information shown above.
But these passages are enough because no denomination, church or preacher can harmonize these EVENTS into their "gospel".
Read chapter 4, the LAST SIGN on earth (as the Seventh Trumpet "begins to sound") is the Last Saints preaching NEW INFORMATION.
However, the Bible promised [Dan 12:8-10] that NONE of the unsaved will be able "understand", or accept, the preaching of the Last Saints.
If God Wills, we will come back to this chapter later and add related passages harmonizing with the Scriptures already provided above.
* Note: The only way we could know the START of the first "watch of the night" is by knowing the END was on September 6/7, 1994,
and then counting backwards by 2300 days (the duration of each "watch"). Interestingly this start was one day before Pentecost 1988.
How appropriate/ironic the start of the Revelation Beast was one day before the anniversary of the start of the Church Age at Pentecost.
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Bottom Line: There are only THREE CHOICES:
(1) believe the prophecy of the "ten virgins" has already happened
(2) believe the prophecy of the "ten virgins" is still a future event or
(3) believe Jesus was just telling a fairy tale (or LIE) about these events
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All the experiences of the "ten virgins" (passages cited above) during the FIRST "watch of the night" are recorded history.
It's a documented fact that a group of some excellent Bible students - and a group of unsaved "tares/goats" who LOOKED like
they were real Saints, suddenly "went forth" from some of the most traditional Orthodox and Reformed churches - and followed
a well-known Bible teacher, preaching his Gospel that the Lord would Return on September 6/7, 1994. Immediately after that date
the "wise virgins" were spiritually "killed" when we suddenly realized that God had forsaken us... to follow Satan and his Anti-Christ.
As a result we remained silent for many years (preaching no Gospel), as we cried-out to God for forgiveness. And our God was merciful.
Again, this is documented fact, it's recorded history (reality). It's easily verified by those who were "tormented" by hearing the 1994 Gospel.
Anyone who thinks the experiences of the "ten virgins" is a future event must explain where their Gospel teaches four separate "Kingdoms",
and when/why people in the future actually "went forth" from their churches to follow the Anti-Christ into the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven".
They might also want to explain how/why the people living in the Fourth Kingdom "agree to give their Kingdom to the (Revelation) Beast.
Catholics and (mainstream) Protestant denominations and churches cannot answer these questions... because the Truth is "sealed" to them.
In fact they know nothing about the four (4) temporal "Kingdoms of Heaven" on earth before establishment of the (5th) Eternal "Kingdom"
and they know nothing about the "Season and Time" after the Revelation Beast(s) are destroyed. They cannot even NAME the Anti-Christ,
who arises to RULE over the Saints (after completion of the ten "Horns/Kings/Virgins")... during the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" on earth.
Just as it was never God's Will for Saints in the (2nd) Jewish "Kingdom of Heaven" to understand the END of their "Kingdom", likewise, it
was never God's Will for Saints living in the (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven" to understand the END of their Kingdom. These "sealed" mysteries were only revealed to the Last Saints who lived through the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven" and who lived through
the "Season and Time" (or the "time-of-the-end") after destruction of BOTH the First Revelation Beast - and the Second Revelation Beast.
Chapter 9.8 - Events occurring in the SECOND "Watch of the Night" September 6/7, 1994 to December 23/24, 2000
Again, Biblical days start and end at sundown
At the start of the second "watch of the night" (at the beginning of the Second Woe - and Sixth Trumpet Judgment), the "wise virgins",
which are represented by Daniel as three "horns" which are "plucked-up" by the "Little Horn", and represented by John as "Locusts" that
"tormented" the congregations with the Gospel of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven"... these Last Saints were "killed" at the appointed time,
at the appointed "hour, and day and month and year"... while the foolish virgins were not killed. Also at this time the First Revelation Beast
suffers what appears to be a fatal "head" wound. The result of all these events is the Gospel of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" is silenced
as the participants (ten "horns/kings/virgins") of the Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven" are said to have "slumber and slept" [Mat 25:5],
during the (2300 day) second "watch of the night".
Rev 9:12 One Woe is past [the Fifth Trumpet Judgment on the "wise virgins" is past]: and, behold, there come Two Woes more hereafter.
13 And the Sixth Angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 Saying
to the Sixth Angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 15 And 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 [which represents the "wheat/sheep", which at this point was ONLY the "wise virgins"].
Mat 25:5 While the Bridegroom tarried [when the Lord did not returned, AS PREACHED in their Great Tribulation gospel]
they [all of the ten virgins - both the wise and the foolish] "slumbered and slept" [they had no gospel to preach].
During the second "watch of the night" the Last Saints (the "wise virgins") realize that God had forsaken them - that God had allowed them
to be "overcome" and "killed" by Satan and his Anti-Christ. As a result, the Last Saints remained silent during the second 2300 day "watch".
However, the "foolish virgins" did not repent and (with the fallen Anti-Christ) they continued to rebel against God, by trying to find a DATE
for the Lord's Return. They came-up with a half dozen "potential dates"... but they were all quickly shown to be further rebellious "sorcery".
During the second "watch of the night", as the Bridegroom "tarried", the Revelation Beast (both the "wise" and "foolish" virgins) was silent.
The Bible says that, during this time, they (the "ten virgins") all "slumbered and slept".
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Now we get into passages which have confounded Christians for almost 2000 years (because they remained "sealed" until the Last Saints).
These are passages talking about events in the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" which occur "Immediately after the tribulation of those days"...
meaning events occurring immediately after the tribulation of the First Beast (Fifth Trumpet, the First Woe and the first "watch of the night").
Throughout church history the most Blessed of the Saints did not understand these passages don't occur during the (end of the) Church Age.
Instead, they occur during a separate-and-distinct Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven". It was always God's (expressed) Will that these mysteries
remain "closed-up" and "sealed" until the "time-of-the-end" (or "Season and Time") after destruction of the 7-Headed Revelation Beast(s).
It was always God's (expressed) Plan these mysteries NOT be understood - or preached - until after the Fourth "Kingdom" was finished.
That is why previous Saints did not understand these prophecies... they did not even know there was another "Kingdom of Heaven" on
earth after the Great Commission of the Church Age - just as Jews could never understand theirs was not the last "Kingdom" on earth.
As a result, just as Jews conflated end-time events with the end of their (2nd) Jewish "Kingdom of Heaven"... so also Christians conflated
end-time events with the end of their (3rd) Christian "Kingdom of Heaven". God did not reveal "sealed" mysteries about the Lord's Return
until after the "wise virgins" had been "killed" at the end of the first "watch of the night" and beginning of the second "watch of the night"...
God did not reveal these mysteries until after the Last Saints had been "overcome" and then "killed" by the Anti-Christ (for we would have never followed the Anti-Christ otherwise). These mysteries were not revealed until after God started gathering His saints back to Himself.
These passages are talking about events occurring in "world" of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven"... or the Great Tribulation Kingdom.
These passages are talking about the EFFECTS of the first "watch of the night", or the First Revelation Beast, upon the "Wise Virgins".
Below we will demonstrate how this context is the only possible context to ever find complete "harmony of Scripture" (or Biblical Truth).
Essentially, these verses are talking about how the "wise virgins" were "killed" when we realized that God had forsaken us to follow Satan.
These verses reveal, after God "Hid His Face" from us for a moment (causing us to be "overcome" and "killed" by the Anti-Christ) the Saints,
who were normally the spiritual light-givers to the world, were suddenly in spiritual darkness. We remained SILENT as we prayed for mercy.
The Saints were Judged by God in the first "watch of the night" (see chapter 8.4) then we remained silent in the second "watch of the night".
* It's important to notice the darkening of the light-givers is also related to the "SHAKING" of the heaven and earth. (More on that below).
Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days [after the first Woe, the Fifth Trumpet and the first "watch of the night"]
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven [re-read Rev 9:1-3]
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken [representing the Saints, or "light-givers" of the Gospel - are silenced].
Mk 13:24 But in those days, after that Tribulation [of the first Woe, the Fifth Trumpet and the first "watch of the night"]
the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers
of heaven shall be shaken [representing the last Saints, the "light-givers" of the Gospel, being silenced for the next 2300 days].
Lk 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon [again the light-givers] and in the stars [with the last Saints]
and upon the earth [in the Fourth Beast/Revelation Beast] distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves
[all the foolish virgins] roaring; and men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming
on the earth [during the Fourth Beast/Revelation Beast]: for the powers of [the Fourth "Kingdom" of] heaven shall be shaken.
It's contradictory to MANY related Scriptures to pretend these "signs" after the Tribulation of the first [2300 day] "watch of the night" are
physical events since many other passages teach the Lord's Coming is completely unexpected [Mat 24:37-51]. The Lord Jesus could never come as "a thief in the night" [1Th 5] when there are dozens of physical "signs" preceding His Return. The Coming of the Lord could not occur like
the days of Noah (when they "KNEW NOT") if there are physical signs warning about His impending Return. Remember the context of the
passages is in the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" and the context is during Judgment on the "House of God" (not the world)... see Chapter 8.4.
The "shaking" of the Heavens and the earth after the first "watch of the night" shows the effect on the "wise virgins" realizing they had been
forsaken by God (and remaining silent during the second "watch") and the SEPARATION of the "wise virgins" and the "foolish virgins".
Rev 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake [Judgement]; and the sun [the light-giver] became black as sackcloth of hair [darkened], and the moon [light-giver] became as blood [deadly]; 13 And the stars of the heaven [light-givers] fell unto the earth [were silenced], even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs [representing all of the
unsaved "tares/goats"], when she is SHAKEN of a mighty wind.
Isa 17:6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the SHAKING of an olive tree, two or three berries [saved sheep] in the top of
the uppermost bough, four or five [saved sheep] in the outermost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
The SHAKING of the heavens (and the end of the light-givers) represents the period (after the first Beast) when God begins to separate the
"wheat and tares". The SHAKING within the (4th) Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven" was Judgment on the "House of God" where
the "foolish virgins" are shaken off of the tree - while the "wise virgins" CANNOT BE SHAKEN (see below). All real Saints remain...
"two or three berries" (Saints) here - another "four or five" (berries) in the "outermost fruitful branches". None of the Saints are lost.
Heb 12:26 Whose voice then SHOOK the earth; but now He hath promised, saying, Yet once more I SHAKE not the earth only
but also the heaven. 27 And this word, yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are made [foolish virgins],
that those things which CANNOT BE SHAKEN [all of the wise virgins] may remain.
Isa 24:13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the [Fourth Kingdom] people, there shall be a SHAKING
of the olive tree [representing Christians], and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
[the Last Saints remain as the Body of Christ/Sanctuary is cleansed - see Daniel 8:14]
Joe 3:15 The Sun [Saints as light-givers] and the moon [Saints as light-givers] shall be darkened [silenced], and the stars
shall withdraw their shining [Saints as light-givers are silenced] 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and
utter His voice out from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth [the Fourth Kingdom] SHALL SHAKE:
but the LORD will be the hope of his people [the "wise virgins"] and the strength of the children of Israel.
[all the "wheat/sheep/saints" throughout time are identified as being part of the eternal Israel]
Isa 24:20 The earth [of the Fourth Kingdom] shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be REMOVED like a cottage,
and the transgression thereof [sins of the Last Saints] shall be heavy upon it [the Fourth Kingdom], and it shall fall
and never rise again. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the High Ones
that are on high [the "wise virgins"] and the Kings [also called "virgins/horns"] of the earth upon the earth [Fourth Kingdom].
And they [the "wise virgins"] shall be gathered together as prisoners are gathered in the pit [during the first "watch" or "prison"]
and shall be shut up in the prison [first "watch of the night"], and after many days [2300 days] shall they be visited [by God].
Then the moon shall be confounded [light-givers silenced] and the sun ashamed [light-givers silenced] when the LORD
of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem [the eternal "Body"], and before His ancients [saints] gloriously.
In fact, the purpose of the Great Tribulation was to bring Judgment on the "House of God" to refine and separate the saved "wheat/sheep"
from all the unsaved "tares/goats" which, as the Gospel always foretold, would infiltrate the Kingdom with the "leaven" of their heresies.
It was the beginning of God's Judgment on the "House of God" and (during the first "watch of the night"... or the First Revelation Beast)
God was bringing Judgment on the Last Saints (the "wise virgins") in order to purify them - before He would initiate the "Final Harvest".
As with ALL SCRIPTURE, we must be able to understand the context of a passage (in this case separating the "wheat and tares" within
the Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven") before we can even pretend to have some understanding about the meaning of the passage.
Dan 11:33 And they that understand among the people [the "wise virgins"] shall instruct many [within the churches]:
yet they [the "wise virgins"] shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, [they are "killed"]
many days [2300 days]. 34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help [God gives them help]:
but many ["foolish virgins"] shall cleave to them with flatteries [shall preach their 1994 Gospel hoping they will saved].
35 And some of them of understanding [the "wise virgins"] 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. [This happens in the First Beast - not the Second Beast]
We have just shown that (during the SECOND "watch of the night")
(1) The "Ten Virgins" are said to have "slumbered and slept", because they had no Gospel to preach after the "wise virgins" were "killed"
and the First Revelation Beast suffered what appeared to be a fatal "wound" to one of it's "heads" (the Anti-Christ) when the Gospel
of the Fourth "Kingdom of Heaven" (preaching the DATE of the Lord's Return) was proven by to be a FALSE PROPHECY.
(2) During the days "immediately after the Tribulation" of the first "watch of the night", the Saints (the light-givers) remained silent
because we realized God had forsaken us - and allowed us to be "overcome" and "killed" by the Anti-Christ during the First Beast.
That is the only understanding that harmonizes with all Scripture. And this is exactly how it is documented in recent history (reality).
(3) It was always God's expressed Plan (see Chapter 8.4) that His Judgment BEGINS with the "House of God".
That God would Judge the "wise virgins" during the FIRST Revelation Beast... and He would provide them with help...
then He would Judge the "foolish virgins" (and the Anti-Christ), as a SHAKING of a tree, during the SECOND Revelation Beast.
(4) The Great Tribulation was Judgement on the "House of God" so the unsaved "tares/goats" (the "foolish virgins") would be SHAKEN
(removed from the Kingdom) while all the "wheat/sheep" (the "wise virgins") COULD NOT BE SHAKEN... Jesus loses none of His.
This is also represented in passages about the "Sanctuary" being "cleansed" (of all "tares") after the first (2300 day) "watch of the night".
There are many more passages of Scripture that harmonize completely with the verses and information shown above.
But these passages are enough because no denomination, church or preacher can harmonize these EVENTS into their "gospel".
Read chapter 4, the LAST SIGN on earth (as the Seventh Trumpet "begins to sound") is the Last Saints preaching NEW INFORMATION.
However, the Bible also promised [Dan 12:8-10] that NONE of the unsaved will be able "understand", or accept, the preaching of the Last Saints.
If God wills, we will come back to this chapter later - and add related passages that harmonize with the Scriptures already provided above.
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Bottom Line: There are only THREE CHOICES:
(1) believe the prophecy of the "ten virgins" has already happened
(2) believe the prophecy of the "ten virgins" is still a future event or
(3) believe Jesus was just telling a fairy tale (or LIE) about these events
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Anyone claiming the experiences of the "ten virgins" is a future event must be willing to explain WHO is involved? A: only the "ten virgins"
and WHAT specifically will happen in the future? (they "went forth" from their churches when