Christ's Olivet Discourse, Line upon Line

[Davy]

Line upon line is God's Way to study His Word. Here is the proper interpretation of Christ's Olivet discourse of the Signs of the end He gave His disciples while upon the Mount of Olives with them. The Signs He gave directly parallel the Seals of Revelation 6, so that should be studied in parallel.

1st Seal
Rev 6:1-2
6 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
KJV

First thing to understand, is that this 1st Seal everyone calls the 1st Seal, does not actually mention it is the very first one. The Scripture just says Jesus "opened one of the seals". Why is that? Why didn't He say the 1st Seal? It is because that event of the rider on a white horse does not happen first. It happens on a later Seal. Why?

It's because that rider on a white horse, with a bow of cheap fabric per Greek toxon, and 'a' single crown, is NOT about our Lord Jesus coming on a white horse per Revelation 19. This rider here is a FAKE CHRIST, a mimic of how Lord Jesus comes riding a white horse. Jesus will have a sword, and many crowns when He comes, per Revelation 19.

1st Seal Parallel:
Matt 24:3-5
3 And as He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?"

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, "Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, 'I am Christ'; and shall deceive many."
KJV

The first Seal topic in Rev.6 is about a FAKE CHRIST riding a white horse to mimic Christ's 2nd coming, and that is also Christ's first Sign of warning in His Olivet discourse, to not allow any man to deceive us. I'm going to put the direct Scripture parallel to the Seals in red like above.

He then also warns of the idea of the "many antichrists" that Apostle John spoke of in 1 John 2:18, about both a singular "antichrist", and the "many antichrist" workers that were already at work. Later in His Olivet discourse He, Lord Jesus will warn of a singular pseudo-Christ coming at the end to work great signs and wonders. But here He is warning of the "many" that would come just claiming... to be The Christ. (We've had many of those in history, including in modern history too, not one of them working great signs and wonders though.)

2nd Seal:
Rev 6:3-4
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, 'Come and see.'

4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
KJV

That is about a war horse.

2nd Seal Parallel:
Matt 24:6-7
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
KJV

Notice how these Signs Jesus gave in His Olivet discourse run in the order He gave for the Seals in Revelation 6. That is not a coincidence. The Signs He gave in His Olivet discourse are about the end of this world like the Seals are.

That "ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars..." passage some get totally wrong. Note that Lord Jesus said to not be troubled when we hear about those wars and rumors of war. Why? Because like He said there, "but the end is not yet". What "end"? The coming tribulation at the very end of this world. You have to think about what He said there, because it means that "end" will not be about a time of wars and rumors of war. So what is the opposite of wars and rumors of war? A time of world peace! And we were warned in Daniel 8 about the future Antichrist coming to power using peace and destroying many using peace. And still today, there are wars going on, so this Sign about wars going on is happening today, but the "end", meaning the time of "great tribulation" is still not yet. Notice I didn't highlight the other Signs of famines, pestilences, etc. Not to worry, that's coming with a later Seal.

3rd Seal:
Rev 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, "Come and see." And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, "A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine."
KJV

That idea of the balances, and that expression of, "A measure of wheat for a penny,...", points to world commerce, and inflation, like it takes a whole week's wages just to buy a loaf of bread. It is pointing to famine. But not for those in Christ, because it is said to not hurt the Oil and the Wine. The Oil is a symbol for The Holy Spirit, and the Wine is a symbol for God's Word full strength and pure. Per the prophecy of Amos 8:11, there will be a famine upon many in the land, but not for bread, nor thirst for water, but for hearing The Word of God, looking everywhere for it and not finding it. It means many will lack true Bible understanding in the last days.

3rd Seal Parallel:
Matt 24:7
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
KJV

Usually what follows war and famine, are pestilences. We have seen all those above events in our times today, so I don't think those things need explaining.

4th Seal:
Rev 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, 'Come and see.'

8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
KJV

Notice that the word "Death" is capitalized there? That represents "Death" as a proper name. So who would that point to? Right, Satan himself riding this pale horse. And "Hell" symbolically following after him means his workers upon this earth.

The idea simply is of his being given power over the 4th part of the earth, to kill with the sword (wars), and with hunger (famine), and with death (SPIRITUAL death mainly), and with the beasts (not animals, but his workers who in The New Testament are referred to as "brute beasts").

If you are familiar with the Book of Joel, those who have that power under Satan are represented by the locust army there in Joel 1 & 2. God calls them His army He sends among His people, and relates the timing for it at the end of this world, just prior to the "day of the Lord" (last day when Jesus comes). We are given more symbols about the working of these locusts in the Revelation 9 chapter.

The idea of what these workers do for the last days, is like what real locusts do in stages to devour a crop. This working of the locusts in stages is described in Joel 1:4. It means they will not miss anything, and only God can stop them. It is about their getting control of this world to bring in Satan's final attempt at a one-world beast kingdom, right here on this earth. That is what the Revelation 13 chapter is about for the end of this world. So all those symbols of the ability to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and with the beasts, can represent pointers to four main areas of control upon this earth.

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[Davy]

(Continued)

4th Seal Parallel:
Matt 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
KJV

That covers the 4th Seal events also, particularly those things underlined above. Notice Jesus revealed when those above Signs happen, then it represents that "beginning of sorrows". That does not represent the time of "great tribulation", but a time of chaos just prior to the start of the "great tribulation".

5th Seal:
Rev 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
KJV

The souls that had been slain for their TESTIMONY and WITNESS of The Word of God, under God's Altar in Heaven, ask Him, "How long, O Lord...", until He avenges their blood upon those on the earth. They are told to wait for a "little season", so what's that represent? It represents the 'shortened time' of the "great tribulation" for the end of this world. They are told to wait until their brethren still alive on earth, are killed as they were.

5th Seal Parallel:
Mark 13:9-13
9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.

10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

13 And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
KJV

Very few coverages of the Seals in Revelation 6 like to talk about this, and even more fear to cover this part of Christ's Olivet discourse that is a direct parallel to it.

This being delivered up to give a Testimony for Jesus by The Holy Spirit is not going to happen upon all in The Church. It is set mainly for those whom Christ chooses, and that He prepares with that Testimony. That is actually the future event Apostle Peter was pointing to on the day of Pentecost when he quoted from Joel 2 to show that Pentecost was but an EXAMPLE of this event that is to occur at the very end of this world. And the most important thing there to remember, for those delivered up, is to NOT premeditate what you will say beforehand, but allow The Holy Spirit to speak through you.

That verse that The Gospel must first be preached to all nations, and then the end will come (Matthew 24:14 version), also is often misunderstood, because it is given ALONG with this being delivered up Message. It means the true cloven tongue of Pentecost is what ALL NATIONS will hear when this delivering up of Christ's elect happens at the very end of this world just prior to Christ's return.

That suggests that event will be on modern media transmission to all the world via satellite, as written in Rev.11 all nations will see the dead bodies of God's "two witnesses" left unburied in the street of Jerusalem. God is going to SPEAK through His elect during the period of the "two witnesses". The Holy Spirit will speak to ALL the world when The Holy Spirit speaks through them. That is going to start the tearing down of Satan's one-world beast kingdom in defeat, and he will then determine to destroy all of God's people on earth in final.

6th Seal - Part I:
Rev 6:12-13
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;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
KJV

The events in verse 13 are key to understanding that the 6th Seal is given in 2 Parts, simply because this event of the stars of heaven (angels) falling unto earth, as "untimely figs", is a symbol for Satan and his angels being cast out of the heavenly down to this earth, per Revelation 12:7-17. That is what will involve the time just prior and into the "great tribulation".

An 'untimely fig' represents what is called the winter fig in real middle eastern horticulture. It's a fig that grows in the winter and falls off in the spring. It is an 'early' fig. Metaphorically, using the time of the fig, it represents being gathered 'early' by the false-Christ.

Do you recall that Lord Jesus revealed His coming will be in the symbolic harvest time of summer? (Matthew 24:32; Matthew 13). Harvest time for the good fig (Smyrna fig) is around June to September, not in the spring. So truly, Lord Jesus was giving us a symbolic metaphor for timing of the coming of the false-Messiah first in the spring harvest of the winter fig, and then Jesus' coming after that in the summer harvest time.

6th Seal -- Part I Parallel:
Matt 24:15-26
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:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
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.
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.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, "Lo, here is Christ, or there"; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, "Behold, He is in the desert"; go not forth: "behold, He is in the secret chambers"; believe it not.
KJV

The Matthew 24:15 event of the appearance of the "abomination of desolation" IDOL in a Jewish temple in Jerusalem, per The Book of Daniel, is what actually kicks off the time of "great tribulation". The pseudo-Christ that comes first will have made a "league" in Jerusalem with a small group of orthodox unbelieving Jews, and allow the re-establishing of the old covenant worship for the unbelieving Jews in Jerusalem. Sacrifices will again start, and the building of another Jewish temple in Jerusalem. Then at this point in verse 15 here, the pseudo-Christ will end... those daily sacrifices and instead place the "image of the beast" IDOL in that temple in Jerusalem, and demand all bow to it. He will then have power for 42 months after that.

Jesus warns us about that specific pseudo-Christ. The KJV phrase "false Christs" is actually singular within the context of those 23-26 verses about a false one others will claim is Christ. That phrase "false Christs" is the sole Greek word 'pseudochristos' and is pointing to a single false-Messiah. And he will have power to perform great signs and wonders, that IF it were possible (it won't be), he would deceive even Christ's very elect. That is a strong Message that many will be deceived by that false-Christ's working of miracles, unlike the "many antichrists" workers which haven't done that.

Those events represent the 1st part of the 6th Seal about the time when Satan and his host of angels will be cast out of the heavenly dimension into our earthly dimension. So the question is, will you be among those 'untimely figs', gathered early, or will you wait on Lord Jesus' coming after that?

 

[Davy]

(Continued)

6th Seal Part II:
Rev 6:14-17
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

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;

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him That sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
KJV

With heaven departing like a scroll, and every mountain and island moving out their place, you well should know that is about the very last day of this present world when Jesus returns. There is to be a major destruction upon the surface of this earth with God's consuming fire on that day, and a great trembling of this earth to go with it. Like those cast into the hot fiery furnace heated seven times hotter than needed, those in Christ will not be harmed by any of that. And I definitely am not talking about a rapture either. That is about the 'change' at the 'twinkling of an eye' on that day which Apostle Paul was talking about in 1 Corinthians 15. It will occur very quickly, fast as one can blink the eye. That is the great day of God's cup of wrath poured out upon the wicked, on the last day of this world with Jesus' coming to gather His saints.

The wicked, kings of the earth, and great men, and rich men, and chief captains, and mighty men, bondman, freeman, unbelievers, are those which will try and hide in the rocks from God's cup of wrath poured out on that day. That is the 7th Vial poured out into the "air" per Rev.16. It is also when the battle of Armageddon will happen with Jesus' coming to fight with His army host of angels per Revelation 16 and Revelation 19 and Zechariah 14.

6th Seal Part II Parallel:
Matt 24:27-31
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

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:

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.

31 And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
KJV

Other Revelation Scripture reveals those above Olivet discourse verses align with the timing of Jesus future coming on the last day of this world, on the "day of the Lord". In Revelation 16:15 Lord Jesus even warned His Church that He comes "as a thief", and to be on watch to keep your garments, lest you appear in shame.

That is the final Sign Jesus gave in His Olivet discourse that directly parallels the Seals of Revelation 6. The last 3 Trumpets we know also directly parallels these Olivet discourse Signs for the end too.

 

[Davy]

It is also very important to note, that the last phrase of Matthew 24:31 and Mark 13:27 is about 'where' the gathering of Christ's saints happens 'from'.

In the Matthew 24:31 example, it is about the saints being gathered from one point in heaven to the other. That is a direct parallel to the gathering of the 'asleep' saints that Apostle Paul taught in 1 Thessalonians 4.

In the Mark 13:27 example, the saints that are on earth are shown being gathered. That is a direct parallel to the saints still alive on earth being "caught up" to Jesus when He comes to gather all His saints, again as written by Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4.

That is proof that Apostle Paul most likely got that information in 1 Thessalonians 4 about Christ's coming and gathering of His Church directly from Lord Jesus. And Christ's Olivet discourse covering it is a proof of where Paul got 1 Thessalonians 4 from.

And since both the Matthew 24:29-31 and Mark 13:24-27 verses, by Lord Jesus, proclaim His coming AFTER THE TRIBULATION, along with the gathering of His saints, it proves His coming and that gathering will be a POST-TRIBULATION COMING BY CHRIST. It proves only ONE more coming by Lord Jesus on the very last day of this world.