Here's my thought on the 6th seal. The 6th seal is Gog/Magog battle. There are many resemblance between Revelation 6:12-17 and Ezekiel 38:19-23. Revelation 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; John and Ezekiel both saw a great shaking. Revelation 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, Stars of heaven, hailstones, and brimstone, are missiles and meteorites being used during Gog/Magog battle. Revelation 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; Mountains shall be thrown down, all the men shall hide themselves in the rocks of mountains. Revelation 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? They shall realize it's God's wrath against them. Who shall be able to stand? And they shall know that Yahweh is the LORD. Yahweh shall reveal himself during the battle of Gog/Magog. This is also the great day of wrath from Yahweh when he makes himself known to the world. One more note. Revelation 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; This is a mushroom cloud caused by a nuclear explosion. John has no knowledge of modern day weapons. This is the best he could describe regarding a nuclear explosion. Immediately after the 6th seal which is the battle of Gog/Magog, God commands the wind to stop through the 4 angels (Revelation 7:1 -2). Why? It is because during the battle of Gog/Magog, nuclear weapons have been used. God commands the wind to stop so that this nuclear cloud and contamination cannot be spread all over the places and hurt the earth, seas, and the tree. The sealing of 144,000 Jews ( Revelation 7:3-8 ) begins after 6th seal (Revelation 6:12-17 ). It is because the Jews have just witnessed Gog/Magog battle in the 6th seal. They saw Yahweh come to their protection, and realize God does exist. They turn from secular into believing God. This is why God send angels to seal them. If I break down the seals events using my timeline for illustration, this may help readers to understand events better. From seal 1 to seal 6, it only takes six months for them to be fulfilled. I gonna use my timeline to explain my view. May/June 2020 War breaks out between Israel and the three shepherds. God cuts them off in one month. This takes us to July.. July 2020 Rapture Immediately after rapture, Anti Christ appears on the world stage. This is seal 1. The world shall plunge into chaos and confusion after hundreds millions of Christians are gone. Peace shall be taken away from earth. Kingdoms against kingdoms, nation against nations. This is seal 2. Rapture shall also cause worldwide economic collapse. Stock market plunges. People don't trust their currency anymore. Countries which have high debt ratio shall print money at a speed unseen. Which leads to hyperinflation. A daily wage can only buy a loaf of bread. This is seal 3. Death shall follow 1/4 of the earth, due to wars in seal 2, famine in seal 3. This is seal 4. All these 4 seals shall take place in the summer of 2020. Seal 5 is a question from martyred saints who are killed because of their witness to Jesus Christ during the church era. Jesus tells them to be patient for a little while, until more of their fellow servants are killed, and fulfilled. Seeing US and Europe crippled by the rapture, Russia, together with Iran and Turkey launch a sudden attack on Israel. This is seal 6. This event shall take place in August 2020, before the autumn rain arrives in November. Joel 2:20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. Joel 2:20 is Gog/Magog. The northern army is the coalition of Russia, Iran and Turkey. God drives the leader "him" of this northern army toward the east sea. East sea is the Dead sea. it is the same place God has prophesied the burial place for Gog. Ezekiel 39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. The valley of Hamongog is situated on the east of Dead sea. Joel 2:23 gives us the timing of this Gog/Magog battle. Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. After God fends off this Gog/Magog coalition, God shall send Israelis the former rain which is autumn rain, and the latter rain spring rain. Autumn rains always begins in November in Israel. This shall place the timing of Gog/Magog before the autumn rain arrives in November. This is why I place Gog/Magog and the 6th seal in August 2020. Because God intervenes during Gog/Magog battle, this battle shall be short and decisive. It shouldn't last more then few months. November 2020 The battle of Gog/Magog is ended. Autumn rain arrives. Sealing of 144,000 Jews begins ( Revelation 7:4-8 ). After the Jews witness Yahweh came to their protection during Gog/Magog, they realize God does exist. They turn from secular into believing God. God sends angels to seal them. A note here. Before this sealing of 144,000, God sends four angels to command the wind not to spread ( Revelation 7:1-3 ). It is because nuclear weapons and missiles have been used during the 6th seal Gog/Magog. The wind shall carry nuclear contamination. God commands the four winds not to spread so that it cannot kills trees, hurt the earth or sea. When I suggest Seal 5 saints are form the church era, and they are the raptured saints, not tribulation saints, I do have proof from scripture. Concerning 5th seal martyred saints, Revelation 6:11 And white robes were "given" unto every one of them; They come to Christ by faith, not by seeing any evidence, that is, they never saw Christ in their livelihood, but base on their faith in Christ. Their reward is a white robe "given" to them in heaven. Let's see what kind of white robe the tribulation martyred saints receive. Revelation 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. 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". Now, by this time, after the 4 seals judgment and the 6th seal Gog/Magog, millions of believers have been killed. They are the left behind who come to Christ right after rapture. They come to Christ because they have witnessed the tribulation events. Simply put, they come to Christ by witnessing the evidence, foretold by God in scripture. They need to keep their salvation, not losing it, by keeping their white robe clean and washed. or else , they may lose their salvation. "These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white " Comparing to the martyred saints in 5th seal, whom are given and rewarded the white robe, these saints who come out of tribulation have to keep their salvation, responsible of keeping their white robe clean. There is no more once saved, always saved in tribulation. This is why Jesus fore warns " if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life" " be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life". John saw a great multitude coming out from the great tribulation after the sealing of 144,000. A lot of people think this is the second half of tribulation because of the words :great tribulation " is used. Using my timeline can explain this better. From the release of the 4 seals judgment in summer of 2020, to Gog/Magog which ended in November , there are millions of left behind have been killed. These are the people who choose to accept Christ right away after the rapture. They are counted for millions. But due to wars, earthquakes, famine, pestilence, natural disasters, they can't save their lives. They die and go straight to heaven. These are the multitude John saw in Revelation 7, immediately after the sealing of 144,000. I place the timing of this event in 2021, a year after the rapture in summer of 2020. Or these multitude may account for the first half of tribulation. Before the 7th seal is opened, there is half hour of silence in heaven, Jesus uses an hour of trial in Revelation. An hour speaks for the 7 years tribulation, while half hour points to the first half of tribulation. John saw the multitude come out of great tribulation. After what John saw, and after half hour of silence in heaven, Jesus opens the 7th seal which places this event in middle of tribulation. This is why I believe the multitude in Revelation 7:9-17 comes out during the first half of tribulation. Using my timeline again, mid-trib falls in winter 2023, to be more exact, 1290 days begins on Dec 3 2023. (Jesus fore warns the Jews to take flight before winter arrives). When God sees the abomination/Anti Christ places his image in His temple on that day, and seeing His people being surrounded by armies,this shall provoke God's anger. This also prompts Jesus to open the 7th seal on that day, to bring forth the 7 trumpets judgment. God's judgment begins to intensify from this moment onward. The first four trumpets shall last between winter of 2023 to 2024, with the 5th trumpet on and around the Tabernacle in 2024. 5th trumpet releases the beast from bottomless bit.His name is Abaddon. "And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon." "And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. " The beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit is Abaddon. He is the beast who kills the two witnesses. Tabernacle 2024 is the day two witnesses are killed, and 3.5 days later, they hear God's voice and ascend to heaven in the morning of Tishri 18. Earthquake strikes the city and 7000 are killed at this time. This is the second woe. Third woe is coming soon which is world war three. Sixth trumpet shall be blown in 2025. This trumpet brings in world war three. After AC invades Israel in mid-trib winter 2023, he shall go after Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya these north African nations. This take place between 2024 and 2025. Ethiopia sends a swift messenger to China for help. (Isaiah 18:1-2). China shall finally get involved in this conflict, 2025 is the beginning of world war three. This war can only last one year, one month according to the 6th trumpet judgment. Adding one year, one month to 2025, this takes us to 2026. Revelation 9:13 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. 7th trumpet shall sound on Tishri 10 2026. This wraps up the 70 jubilees since the year 1405 BC they entered the promised land..7th trumpets brings forth 7 vials judgment. These 7 vials judgment shall be poured on the earth between winter of 2026 to spring 2027. By March/April 2027, AC gathers kings and nations in Armageddon. After that, he travels to Nob (Isaiah 10:28-32) which is a stone throwing distance from Mount Olives, waiting for Jesus' return. Jesus returns in late spring 2027, when summer is near, even he stands at the door. A note here.On this illustration, the whole purpose is to line up the seals, trumpets, vials judgment in a season manner, spread them over 7 years, to give readers the approximate season of the events. When I can use 2020 to 2027, these events can also apply to 2021 to 2028, with no change in all these seasonal events. But of course, I would like to see it begin in 2020. Wow ... I’m all for 2020 - 2027 as the timeframe all this falls under! :good: What are your thoughts about the 7 years of burning the weapons/military equipment? Who continues the burning process when mid-point the obedient Jews flee to Petra? Do the flames not die down? Or does the AC assign the clean-up duty to the muslims?
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Ezekiel 38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
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Ezekiel 38:22 I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone
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Ezekiel 38:20 and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
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Ezekiel 38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
