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Summary on the structure of Revelation.
Probably one of the biggest stumbling blocks to understanding the book of Revelation is the idea of the ‘70th week of Daniel’. Supposedly, in the middle of this ‘70th week’/ specific set of 7 years, the ‘antichrist’ breaks some covenant (which proponents have no idea what this even entails – treaties are made every day, so what’s so special about it?) and then the abomination idol is placed in the temple, and the ‘great tribulation’ starts. It’s all so neat and tidy with a bow on top, so what’s the problem?
Well, for one, that’s not how Jesus Christ describes it in the Olivet discourse (which I will show you exactly how it fits into Revelation) where He even says that it would deceive the elect if that were possible (Matthew 24:24). How does the typical understanding integrate or explain this?
And secondly, that’s not how Revelation describes it either.
The key to getting past this stumbling block is to understand that there are at least 2 abomination idols discussed in the narrative – because there are 2 different men involved here – for lack of better terms: the ‘prince to come’ & the ‘desolator’ (plus the ‘desolator’s desolator). And it is the 'desolator' that forms the bulk of the actions in Revelation: the desolator destroys 1/3 of Mystery Babylon (the City in Trumpets 1-4), 5 months later he takes over the Sanctuary (6th Trumpet), then in the middle of 7 years he makes a 7 year covenant that is broken 1260 days later (the 1260 days of the 2 witnesses). Then his false prophet enforces idol worship, triggering the 7 Bowls of wrath.
Dan 9:26 Daniel 9:26 Interlinear: And after the sixty and two weeks, cut off is Messiah, and the city and the holy place are not his, the Leader who hath come doth destroy the people; and its end is with a flood, and till the end is war, determined are desolations.
Boiling it down to this:
Starting at the 70th anniversary of Jerusalem desolations (dusk April 19, 2018/ 5 Iyyar, 5778) (Daniel 9:2)
Go forward 70 weeks & a holy place is anointed & there is a call to rebuild Jerusalem (Daniel 9:24)
Go forward 7 weeks until an anointed one (Daniel 9:25)
Go forward 62 weeks until an anointed one (Daniel 9:25)
At the end of the 62 weeks (Dec 17, 2020) (Daniel 9:26):
The ‘Desolator” is the cause of ‘Its/ his end’ when the ‘flood’ arrives 45 days later** (the desolator has to work within the time allotted to it from the starting point of the abomination idol that the prince to come placed):
The next prince to come/ the desolator’s 5 month flood at the 5th Trumpet (Revelation 9:5) is imitating the ‘days of Noah’ flood that ushers in the kingdom of heaven (at the end of which the ‘Lord is in the sanctuary’/ man of sin is in the ‘sanctuary’) (albeit on different calendar days).
When the desolator stops the sacrifices at the beginning of the flood with the locusts (Joel 1:4-9), this gives the desolator an aura of holiness. Is this not what God would have wanted to be done?
5 months later, the desolator corrupts/ destroys the sanctuary = 6th Trumpet/ Revelation 9
That '200 million man army' is an explicit reference to Psalm 68:17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
The flood that ushers in the kingdom of God (Matthew 24:37-39) at the 7th Trumpet is Iyar 17 through Tishri 17. (subtract 1264 days of the 2 witnesses to get Kislev 24, the day that Zerubabbel & Joshua lay the foundation for the temple (Haggai 2:18)
The man of sin's flood in the 5th Trumpet 5 months is imitating the ushering in of the kingdom of God, taking over the city then the sanctuary. After the city & sanctuary have been taken with his 5 month 'flood', then the desolator/ (the next prince to come) makes the covenant at the 6th Trumpet/ 2nd woe (Daniel 9:27).
The 7 bowls of wrath occur because that covenant is broken after 1260 days: see Leviticus 28:18 And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins,
The 7 Trumpets are punishment for the abomination worship at the start of the 6th Seal (Matthew 24:15-21), and also the worship of the false christ who ‘kills’ the prince that committed the abomination of desolation at start of the Day of the Lord’s wrath [Trumpets 1-4 & 5]. The false prophet of Revelation 13 & his abomination at the start of the 7th Trumpet triggers the 7 bowls of wrath punishments.
Again, 2 different floods: one ushers in the man of sin’s kingdom at the 5th Trumpet & the other at the 7th Trumpet ushers in the kingdom of heaven.
Probably one of the biggest stumbling blocks to understanding the book of Revelation is the idea of the ‘70th week of Daniel’. Supposedly, in the middle of this ‘70th week’/ specific set of 7 years, the ‘antichrist’ breaks some covenant (which proponents have no idea what this even entails – treaties are made every day, so what’s so special about it?) and then the abomination idol is placed in the temple, and the ‘great tribulation’ starts. It’s all so neat and tidy with a bow on top, so what’s the problem?
Well, for one, that’s not how Jesus Christ describes it in the Olivet discourse (which I will show you exactly how it fits into Revelation) where He even says that it would deceive the elect if that were possible (Matthew 24:24). How does the typical understanding integrate or explain this?
And secondly, that’s not how Revelation describes it either.
The key to getting past this stumbling block is to understand that there are at least 2 abomination idols discussed in the narrative – because there are 2 different men involved here – for lack of better terms: the ‘prince to come’ & the ‘desolator’ (plus the ‘desolator’s desolator). And it is the 'desolator' that forms the bulk of the actions in Revelation: the desolator destroys 1/3 of Mystery Babylon (the City in Trumpets 1-4), 5 months later he takes over the Sanctuary (6th Trumpet), then in the middle of 7 years he makes a 7 year covenant that is broken 1260 days later (the 1260 days of the 2 witnesses). Then his false prophet enforces idol worship, triggering the 7 Bowls of wrath.
Dan 9:26 Daniel 9:26 Interlinear: And after the sixty and two weeks, cut off is Messiah, and the city and the holy place are not his, the Leader who hath come doth destroy the people; and its end is with a flood, and till the end is war, determined are desolations.
And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come
1) shall ‘corrupt’/ ‘destroy’ the city
2) and the sanctuary.
3) Its/ His end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
27 He will
1) shall ‘corrupt’/ ‘destroy’ the city
2) and the sanctuary.
3) Its/ His end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
27 He will
4) make a firm covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”
Boiling it down to this:
Starting at the 70th anniversary of Jerusalem desolations (dusk April 19, 2018/ 5 Iyyar, 5778) (Daniel 9:2)
Go forward 70 weeks & a holy place is anointed & there is a call to rebuild Jerusalem (Daniel 9:24)
Go forward 7 weeks until an anointed one (Daniel 9:25)
Go forward 62 weeks until an anointed one (Daniel 9:25)
At the end of the 62 weeks (Dec 17, 2020) (Daniel 9:26):
- an anointed one will be ‘cut off’
- the ‘prince to come’ will corrupt the city & sanctuary (via breaking the covenant when that occurs)
- the ‘prince to come’ makes the covenant for 1 week
The ‘Desolator” is the cause of ‘Its/ his end’ when the ‘flood’ arrives 45 days later** (the desolator has to work within the time allotted to it from the starting point of the abomination idol that the prince to come placed):
- the ‘desolator’ is a false christ that ‘kills’ the ‘prince to come’ and his locusts stop the sacrifices that are polluted with the ‘prince to come’s abomination idol (Joel 1:4-9) / (imitating Jesus destroying the ‘antichrist’ ) [Trumpets 1-4 & and start of the 5th Trumpet]
- the ‘desolator’ is the next 'prince to come'/ a false christ that corrupts/ destroys 1/3 of the city of Jerusalem, with its sanctuary (imitating Jesus taking over Jerusalem and splitting Mystery Babylon into 3 parts a la Revelation 16:19)
- the ‘desolator’ is a false christ that takes over his sanctuary after 5 months (imitating Jesus taking over His sanctuary in Psalm 68:17 with His 5 month long ‘flood’/ ‘days of Noah’.) [6th Trumpet]
- then the ‘desolator’ makes the 7 year covenant & breaks it in the middle of 7 years. The man of sin makes a ‘new covenant’ (imitating Jesus making the new covenant) triggering the 2 witnesses 1260 days from 24 Kislev, 5782 (the temple foundation is laid on 24 Kislev in Haggai 2:18) through 13 Iyyar, 5785. 3.5 days later (Revelation 11:9-11) takes us to the start of the 7th Trumpet/ kingdom of heaven & the ‘days of Noah’s flood’ of 17 Iyyar, 5785 (17 Iyyar being the starting date for Noah’s flood in Genesis 7:11-24).
The next prince to come/ the desolator’s 5 month flood at the 5th Trumpet (Revelation 9:5) is imitating the ‘days of Noah’ flood that ushers in the kingdom of heaven (at the end of which the ‘Lord is in the sanctuary’/ man of sin is in the ‘sanctuary’) (albeit on different calendar days).
When the desolator stops the sacrifices at the beginning of the flood with the locusts (Joel 1:4-9), this gives the desolator an aura of holiness. Is this not what God would have wanted to be done?
5 months later, the desolator corrupts/ destroys the sanctuary = 6th Trumpet/ Revelation 9
13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.
17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.
17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.
That '200 million man army' is an explicit reference to Psalm 68:17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
The flood that ushers in the kingdom of God (Matthew 24:37-39) at the 7th Trumpet is Iyar 17 through Tishri 17. (subtract 1264 days of the 2 witnesses to get Kislev 24, the day that Zerubabbel & Joshua lay the foundation for the temple (Haggai 2:18)
The man of sin's flood in the 5th Trumpet 5 months is imitating the ushering in of the kingdom of God, taking over the city then the sanctuary. After the city & sanctuary have been taken with his 5 month 'flood', then the desolator/ (the next prince to come) makes the covenant at the 6th Trumpet/ 2nd woe (Daniel 9:27).
The 7 bowls of wrath occur because that covenant is broken after 1260 days: see Leviticus 28:18 And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins,
The 7 Trumpets are punishment for the abomination worship at the start of the 6th Seal (Matthew 24:15-21), and also the worship of the false christ who ‘kills’ the prince that committed the abomination of desolation at start of the Day of the Lord’s wrath [Trumpets 1-4 & 5]. The false prophet of Revelation 13 & his abomination at the start of the 7th Trumpet triggers the 7 bowls of wrath punishments.
Again, 2 different floods: one ushers in the man of sin’s kingdom at the 5th Trumpet & the other at the 7th Trumpet ushers in the kingdom of heaven.