and The Revealed Meaning of the 2300 Days Prophecy
It is valuable to illustrate a simple graph of the endtimes, since there is much disinformation or dezinformatsiya on the subject.
In a previous article we looked at the role of Russia in the endtimes: www.ezekielwar.com/russia.htm
Let us assume the reader has read Ezekiel, Daniel, and Revelation in the Bible, as well as the Gospels and Second Thessalonians, so we'll not be quoting many Scripture verses. There are also 'end-time' verses in the Major and Minor Prophet books, as well as the rest of the Bible, because the Lord Jesus Christ is the Spirit of Prophecy.
Not long before the seven years begins, Russia, Germany, Turkey, Iran, Ethiopia, and Libya form a coalition to attack Israel. It is not known how long the military mobilization lasts. We only know that the final seven years before the return of the Lord Jesus Christ begin precisely on the day that God rains fire and brimstone from the sky down upon this army coalition.
[Let the reader note that this information should not be considered anti-Russian or anti-communist propaganda; God bless Russia, in so far as possible; these are simply helpful facts from a proven source, the Bible, for the purpose of preparing for the future.]
It is crucial to notice that one-sixth of these soldiers survive to return home. This is important because some people today confuse the Ezekiel war with the Final war. There will be no enemy military survivers at the final war called Armageddon. Civilians survive, however.
SEVEN YEARS EXPRESSED AS AMOUNTS OF DAYS:
Israel will burn the enemy's implements of war throughout the 7 year tribulation. - Ezekiel 39:9.
The Israelis will bury the dead for 7 months while the Jews build a new temple in preparation for sacrifices to begin on the Day of Atonement the 10th day of their seventh month. Yom Kippur is another name for Day of Atonement.
From Yom Kippur to the end of the tribulational 7 years is 2300 days, or approximately 77 months, or 35 plus 42. Day one to Yom Kippur, the 220th day, to the final day of the tribulation is a grand sum of 2520 days or 7 years. By the way, for new Bible readers, the 'Tribulation' is a name for the 'last seven years', Daniel's 70th week of years.
This means that at the end of the tribulation, Jesus will visibly and bodily return two weeks before Passover, in the first month of the Jewish Year. Just subtract 220 days from Yom Kippur, or subtract 7 months from the Feast of Trumpets (month 7 day 1) and the difference arrives at the point TWO weeks BEFORE Passover as the start of the seven years.
The 2300 days have been seldom mentioned in literature written about future events. In recent years, knowledge of this Bible verse has become more clear. It is found in Daniel chapter eight, verses 13, 14.
"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, 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; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed."
In other words, the blood animal sacrifices will be made for 35 months [that is, 42 minus 7]; the abomination of desolation [defiling of the temple and cancellation of the sacrifices] endures 42 months. Adding the above 35 months to the above 42 months gives the sum of 77 months, or 2310 days.
Remember that the sacrifices start on the 10th day of the 7th month, so it is 2300 days, not 2310, from the start of the sacrifices to the end of the 7 years; Or we can say there will be sacrifices for 1040 days. Add this to the duration in which sacrifices are "taken away" [forbidden by government], the amount of 1260 days. The sum is 2300 = 1040 + 1260.
The phrase "taken away" is from Daniel 8:11 "Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away ..."
You may be thinking, "Doesn't Daniel say somewhere that the 'abomination of desolation' lasts 1290 days?"
Yes, that verse is 12:11. The answer to this question is that the cleansing of the sanctuary requires 30 days, beginning on day 1260.
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THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE:
- The Sixth Seal Judgement is an earthquake [Rev. Chapter 6:12-17].
- Some Bible scholars deduce this earthquake happens on day Number One.
- Many suggest that the Ezekiel earthquake [38:18-20] is the exact same earthquake.
- The similarity of the phrasing of these verses in two different Books supports the above conclusion.
- During the earthquake in Rev.6, the stars fall from heaven, the sun is black and the moon red; similar to Ezek.38 where there is blood, rain of fire, brimstones and great hailstones at the time of the earthquake.
- This coincides with Joel 2:30,31 and Acts 2:19,20. The same events: blood, fire and smoke; the sun black, the moon red.
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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 'WOE' JUDGEMENTS NOW:
- As the graph at the top of this page says, the 1st and 2nd Woe Judgements are alternate names for the 5th and 6th Trumpet Judgements.
- These are the only judgements in the book of Revelation where we are told both when they begin and end. The 1st Woe: months 25 through 29. The 2nd Woe: months 30 through 42. The 3rd Woe: months 43 to 84. The 3rd Woe is also called the 7th Trumpet.
- Woe #1 ends when Woe #2 begins. Woe #2 ends with the ending of the 1st half of the tribulation. Woe #3 (also known as the 7th Trump) is the last half of the Tribulation.
- The first two "woe" judgements are in Rev. 9. You can study them yourself.
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THE 'VIAL' JUDGEMENTS, OR 'BOWL' JUDGEMENTS
- These judgements take place very near the end of the tribulation's seven years.
- One of these vials poisons all drinking water everywhere, anywhere, including bottled water.
- The Lord said in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark that unless those days were shortened no flesh would be saved, but for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened.
- The 4th 'Seal' judgement (Rev.6:8) kills one-fourth of the earth's population, leaving three-fourths. The 6th 'Trump' or 2nd 'Woe' (Rev.9:18) kills one-third of the population, that is, 1/3 of 3/4, which is, one-fourth; leaving two-fourths, which leaves half the earth's people as a remainder.
- Since the poisoning of all water would kill all people quickly, this plague (the 3rd 'Vial') occurs very near to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, in order for a remnant to be left alive.
Reference: ezekielwar.com/russia.htm
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