AMOS 9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
AMOS 9:15 And I will plant them upon their land,
and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, says the LORD your God."
Many are interpreting the Book of Daniel and Matthew wrong. The Jews were cast out the second time in 70 AD and now have returned to, "
no more be cast out." If you are to say that Matthew is referring to the so called 7 year period [actually much longer] of Revelation, how then shall the scripture be fulfilled that says that "
they shall no more be pulled up out of their land."
The Book of Matthew is clearly speaking of 66-70 AD and onward. It is the fulfillment of the Book of Daniel:
MT 24:15 "When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand
" What was written in the Book of Daniel is now to be understood by reading the book of Matthew; "(whoso reads, let him understand
." This was previously sealed information as the Book of Daniel indicates; DAN 12:9 "And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and
sealed till the time of the end."
We have been living in the
time of the end/s since the days of Christ. 1COR 10:11 "Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the
ends of the world are come." Many in all generations since Christ have thought it to be the end, and therefore we have the phrase
"end/s of the world."
Matthew chapter 24 is so much different then Daniel chapter 12:
MT 24:16 "Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:" This casting out of those of Judea in circa 70 AD stands in stark contrast to what Amos was saying;
"and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land." Therefore Matthew 24:16 is not refering to the Book of Revelation.
Not only does Amos speak the Truth but also the Book of Ezekiel:
EZEK 37:22 "And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king [Christ] shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations,
neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all." The kingdom of the literal David was split but now is one.
EZEK 37:24 "And David [Christ is spiritually called David] my servant shall be king over them;" He rules by the Spirit.
Concerning the second casting out of those of Judea [the first being to Babylon], it is written:
MT 24:20 "But pray you that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
MT 24:21 "For
then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
MT 24:22 And except
those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake
those days shall be shortened." Therefore the Great Tribulation started then, continues till now, and will continue until the very end to fulfill the Book of Revelation because we are still in
those days called the
"last days".
Israel has suffered [Jacob's troubles] like never before. JER 30:7 "Alas! for
that day is great, so that
none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it."
This time period of "Jacob's troubles" not only includes the troubles of circa 70 AD but also includes the Holocaust and other persecutions. When the Jews were cast out the first time into Babylon, it was for only 70 years but when they were cast out the second time in 70 AD it was until 1948. It was a time of great tribulation that has never happened to them before nor to the world at large. The Great tribulation as discribed by Jesus in Matthew 24:21 refers to more then just the Jews. It continues even now for the whole world as the Book of Revelation foretold.
The
last days began back then and continue until the very end. The statement
"those days" is what Peter was referring to when he said, "a day to the Lord is as a thousand years." The "
time of the end" refers to the time of Christ until the very end. Therefore the Book of Revelation refers to more then just a 7 year period as it is written:
REV 1:19 "Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be
hereafter;" Here/after means from this time and going forward.
Many examples of what end time/s, last days, and those days mean are derived from the following scriptures and many others:
1COR 10:11 "Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the
ends of the world are come." ACTS 2:17 "And it shall come to pass in the
last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:" We have been in the
last days even from when Peter preached that great sermon because it still applies today.
These type of days are defined for us:
2PET 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that
one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
When will Christ return? The Antichrist must appear first as it is written:
2THESS 2:1 "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2THESS 2:2 That you be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2THESS 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means:for
that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2THESS 2:4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2THESS 2:5 Remember you not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2THESS 2:6 And now you know what withholds that he might be revealed in his time.
2THESS 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only He [Christ] who now lets will let, until He be taken out of the way.
2THESS 2:8 And then shall that Wicked One will be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming ["with power and great glory"]."
Yes the church will see and confront the Antichrist:
REV 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."
This is the conclusion of the matter:
REV 7:9 "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
REV 7:13 "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and where did they come from?
REV 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
One has to be in great tribulation and we are, to come out of it with victory by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony!
When will Christ return? As it is written:
MT 24:29 "Immediately
after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
MT 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and
they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." 2THESS 2:3 "Let no man deceive you by any means"
Only the Spirit and rightly dividing the Word of Truth can agree. There is no reward to do otherwise.
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