(Continues from previous post)
Mat 24:15-16
(15) When
ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
stand in the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand
(16) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
That verse is telling the true witnesses of Christ that when they "see" the abomination stand in the Churches (the only Holy Place on earth besides believers, after the cross!), then they are not to stay, but flee to the Mountains. Sorry, Hammster, NOT ot the literal mountains of Israel in the Middle East, as if they could be any security or safety. Not an alleged Holy place in a literal Temple in Jerusalem 70AD (because it was no longer Holy to qualify for this prophecy anyway!), but flee from the Holy Place which after the cross is the
external Church. It is the only Holy place that even could become abominable. Flee to the mountains (Kingdom) of God. Not literal Heaven, not literal mountains.
Psa 133:3
(3) As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the
mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Mic 4:1
(1) But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the
mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the
top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
Joel 3:18
(18) And it shall come to pass in that day, that
the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]tim.
These is the mountains that we are to flee to when we see abomination stand in the Holy Place. Not no mounds of dirt in the Middle East. Judaea after the cross is symbolically the Church where Jesus Christ is a chief cornerstone right now. Not a province in Israel in 70AD nor today. When that city becomes abominable, we are to flee from it to the
protection of the real Kingdom of God, because the city will no longer be the representation of God's habitation. The Church is fallen. She has become a harlot, Revelation 18:2. And this is what the language of the voice from Heaven calling the witnesses who were dead in the street, symbolizes. They are called to come out of Jerusalem and ascend to the Kingdom of heaven.
Revelation chapter eighteen also illustrates the calling of God's servants out of an abominable City which shall fall as babylon.
Rev 18:4-5
(4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,
Come out of her, my people, that
ye be not partakers of her sins, and that
ye receive not of her plagues.
(5) For
her sins have reached unto heaven, and
God hath remembered her iniquities.
And they stood afar off WHERE God is. Where the cloud of heaven is! Because His congregation had turned to lawlessness, so that spiritually it was as babylon the great. This is the spiritual condition of the Church as I can see today! This is the reason the witnesses come out. Because God is going to bring Judgement upon His unfaithful congregation all over the world, and He doesn't want His witnesses there that they may be partaker with them in sin, or receive of this city's plagues. For that City is under wrath of God. We saw what happened to Jersualem in Old Testament as an example for the New!
Jer 23:14
(14) I have seen also in the
prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Again, this is why the witnesses are called out. No they were not literally killed and so they were not literally raised up from that non-literal death, nor do they go into 'literal' heaven as yet. For now, they are called to
life to remove themselves from these streets where they laid, and go to the only place where they will be secure. To the mountains of God, to the spiritual heavens.
Isa 52:7
(7) How
beautiful upon the mountains are the
feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
The true believers 'stand upon
their feet' and by the Word of God come up to this mountain retreat that their feet will stand on a firm foundation of Truth. And the enemies of God beheld them as they went
in a cloud. And there is no more ministering in this House after they leave, it is now destined to fall.
Now the cloud in scripture symbolizes God's Glory. For example:
Exo 40:35
(35) And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because
the cloud abode thereon, and
the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Num 16:42
(42) And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold,
the cloud covered it, and
the glory of the LORD appeared.
1Ki 8:11
(11) So that the priests could not stand to minister
because of the cloud:
for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
And many other such verses. See, Hammster?
The cloud signifies the Glory of God. Let repeat one more time:
Clouds of Heaven = Glory of God!
This is a time of judgement upon this house when the priests will not be able to minister by reason of the Glory of God. When we read that the believers are told to come to heaven by God, and they stand up from death in the streets and go into a cloud,
it's signifying that they are in the Glory of God. God is now going to make that unfaithful city desolate, and He doesn't want them there to be caught up in it. Which is again evidence that this was not talking about the rapture because if it was, then time would be no more and the end of the world/age would happen right then and there. Because God swore that at the sound of the seventh Trumpet, there would be time no more.
Rev 10:6-7
(6) And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that
there should be time no longer:
(7) But
in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when
he shall begin to sound, the
mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
And so there is not any question that when the seventh angel sounds his trumpet, it is the end of time when the mystery of God is finished, and
not when a tenth part of the city falls, Revelation 11:13. The rapture is when the whole world is destroyed and the judgement sits at 'last' trump (1st Corinthians 15:52). It is not this time of symbolic Church death when they cannot work. The last trumpet means exactly that. The last! For example, there will be no more trumpets sounding after the last. And it is obvious that the last trumpet hasn't sounded when these are called to remove themselves from the city and fear this mobilization. The enemies of God fear because the very foundation of their Church is shaken because of this exit, and though they do not repent of the iniquities which made this city abominable, they are troubled by this exodus of true believers just as the Judaizers troubled Paul and the Apostles. This is their fear of what is going on, and the fear of wicked men usually manifests itself in reviling, speaking evil against the saints, and in unrighteous anger.
Luk 21:25-26
(25) And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth
distress of nations,
with perplexity; the
sea and the waves roaring;
(26) Men's hearts failing them for fear, and
for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the
powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Those of the sea is symbolic of the
unsaved world. The Church were fishers of men from the sea (world). The sea and waves roaring illustrate the world is full of iniquity and beating against the ships (Churches). There is distress and anguish as the unsaved are in a state of quandary, confused over evil of the world. And the Church has no answers because they have forsaken the God of the Bible, and are themselves running to and fro seeking the Word, but unable to find it. The city echoing the noise of iniquity in the sea. This is the fear in the enemies of the true Church. Sounds familiar today? There is a judgment upon these people, His New Testament unfaithful congregation of God! Because this is the vengeance of the lord ushering in the coming of that which is perfect or complete.
Luk 21:22
(22) For these be
the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
It's the days of vengeance and the completion of all that was written. It is a time of God's judgment upon them for killing (silence) the testimony of His faithful and True Saints, for
spiritually shedding blood by their hatred. When the believers leave the Church
their works leave with them, and there is nothing of the waters of life left in the Church. All you see is a false doctrine that comes out of flase prophets and Christs in the congregation right now to deceive many to believe their lies. This is part of God's judgment upon her. They shall drink wormwood. There is no candle or lamp burning, as they are left in darkness. This city shall be left desolate. The unfaithful New Testament congregation is being judged RIGHT NOW before Christ return to judge the rest of the world. The judgment must come upon God's house first, remember?
Just as Jerusalem of the Old Testament fell, so Jerusalem of the New Testament is under the SAME JUDGMENT for her spiritual fornication and abominations.