Hi Guys, As you know God has led me to revise my timeline and He is slowly revealing a little bit here and there.
I'm looking for honest answers to a couple of sincere questions. We know another day of judgment is coming according to Rev. 20: 7-9 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
[sup]8 [/sup]And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
[sup]9 [/sup]And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them."
What we don't know is how long satan will be allowed to deceive the nations. It could be hundreds of years. Whether you agree or not with this doesn't matter but I've always considered Ez.38 to be a prophecy of this time. I never really considered that there may be other prophecies concerning this time, some that we always assumed to be end of the 70th week timing until today.
1st Question: Have any of you considered this same possibility?
There is one passage in particular that God showed me today. It's within this context.
Zech. 14:1-4 - "
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
[sup]2 [/sup]For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. [sup]3 [/sup]Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. [sup]4 [/sup]And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south."
I've always considered this end of 70th week timing, however, my study bible references this verse back to Rev. 19:17, the battle of Armageddon. It seems to me, if "the day of battle" was Armageddon, which makes perfect sense, then this is a period much later. When reading this I don't get the "sense" that the prophet is referencing a recent event within the future time being spoken of.
2nd and 3rd Q's - Can you see what I'm talkng about? Would this change any of your timeline understandings at all?
It seems to me that the judgments as recorded in Zech. 14:12 - "And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth."
could reflect what would happen in the above Rev. 19:9.
I'm looking for honest answers to a couple of sincere questions. We know another day of judgment is coming according to Rev. 20: 7-9 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
[sup]8 [/sup]And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
[sup]9 [/sup]And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them."
What we don't know is how long satan will be allowed to deceive the nations. It could be hundreds of years. Whether you agree or not with this doesn't matter but I've always considered Ez.38 to be a prophecy of this time. I never really considered that there may be other prophecies concerning this time, some that we always assumed to be end of the 70th week timing until today.
1st Question: Have any of you considered this same possibility?
There is one passage in particular that God showed me today. It's within this context.
Zech. 14:1-4 - "
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
[sup]2 [/sup]For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. [sup]3 [/sup]Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. [sup]4 [/sup]And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south."
I've always considered this end of 70th week timing, however, my study bible references this verse back to Rev. 19:17, the battle of Armageddon. It seems to me, if "the day of battle" was Armageddon, which makes perfect sense, then this is a period much later. When reading this I don't get the "sense" that the prophet is referencing a recent event within the future time being spoken of.
2nd and 3rd Q's - Can you see what I'm talkng about? Would this change any of your timeline understandings at all?
It seems to me that the judgments as recorded in Zech. 14:12 - "And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth."
could reflect what would happen in the above Rev. 19:9.