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21 When does the last1week begin?

by aparke 2023. 12. 24.
When does the 70th week begin?
= When will the 144000 firstfruits be sealed and the beasts will come up?
Premise1: Assume that the sealed 144000 in Revelation 7 and the 144000 firstfruits who are redeemed from among men in Revelation 14, are the same martyr witnesses. If they are different saints, they cannot be considered together when guessing the beginning of the 70th week. If they are different saints, we would need to know when the 144000 firstfruits who are redeemed from among men in Revelation 14, are sealed on their foreheads, in order to relate them to the beginning of the last week.
Premise2: It is assumed that the 4 winds of Dan 7, the 4 winds of Revelation 7, and the 4 angels of Revelation 9 all refer to the same ones that raise beasts.
View 1: After breaking the 6th seal View 2: After the sounding of the 6th trumpet
 The 70th week begins when the sealed 144000 come out. The seal is sealed after the 6th seal is broken.  The 70th week begins when the beasts come up. The beasts come up after the 6th trumpet is sounded.
Rev.6:12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
Rev.7:1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
Rev.7:2 I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,
Rev.7:3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!"
Rev.7:4 I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
 The 70th week cannot begin without those who have been sealed. The 70th week is the time when the last firstfruits[1] who will prove the truthfulness of the commandments, shine. The truthfulness of the commandments cannot be proved if the 70th week begins without the last firstfruits, the firstfruits who are redeemed from among men. This is because, without being sealed, it is impossible to pass through the tribulation that such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time[2], and the appointed number of witnesses cannot be completed if there are no people who will pass through the tribulation.[3] Therefore, the 70th week can only begin after the saints have been sealed.
 The sealing of those who claim that God is true[4], has continued[5], and since the Pentecost, God the Holy Spirit Himself has been the guarantee of the saints.[6] There is a early rain and there is a latter rain.[7] The early rain is the rain for sowing seeds, the rain for sprout, and the latter rain is the rain for bearing fruits. The descent of God the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost is an event in which God the Holy Spirit came on His disciples as the early rain. Immediately following the 144000 being sealed[8], a great crowd which no one could count, came out of the great tribulation[9], clothed in white robes washed in the blood of the Lamb, and sang praises to God and to the Lamb.[10] These are also sealed ones. Without being sealed, there is no way to pass through even the tribulation of the 1st to 5th trumpets, let alone the great tribulation, only by their own strength.[11] (There may be also an opinion that the tribulation of the 1st half of the 70th week and the great tribulation, will begin separately.)
 However, considering that only the number of 144000 who are sealed on their foreheads in the name of the Lamb is recorded, the seals on these 144000, that is, the firstfruits who are redeemed from among men, seem to be different from the seals on the saints who have the firstfruits of the Spirit. If God the Holy Spirit came as the early rain, He will also come even as the latter rain.[12] Here, the seal on the 144000 is probably the coming of God the Holy Spirit even as the latter rain. Those who have not received the early rain cannot receive the latter. Even though the sprout has not sprouted, the fruit cannot grow. To receive the latter rain means to have already received the early rain. Even in the 1st half of the 70th week, God the Holy Spirit will come upon many saints as the early rain, but among those to whom God the Holy Spirit has come as the early rain, there will be some who will receive God the Holy Spirit who comes even as the latter rain.[13]
 After breaking the 6th seal, the sun darkens and the moon becomes like blood, and the 144000 are sealed on their foreheads.[14] Assuming that these 144000 who are sealed on their foreheads, are the same ones as the firstfruits who are redeemed from among men[15], there is a possibility that the 70th week can begin at any time after the 6th seal is broken. It is not known exactly when the sealing will be finished, but considering that the locusts appearing at the 5th trumpet, the 1st woe, will not harm the sealed people[16], it is likely that the sealing will be finished at least before the end of the results of the 4th trumpet, before the 5th trumpet is sounded. Perhaps, the sealing may have already been completed in the period of the 6th seal, before the 7th seal was broken. Until the sealing is finished, the 4 angels hold the '4 winds of the earth'.[17] If the '4 winds of the earth' here mean the 4 angels bound at the 'great river Euphrates'[18], then the '4 winds of the earth' are released after the 6th trumpet is sounded, and kill people1/3 with 200000000 horsemen.
 After the sealing is finished (or in the meantime) the LORD Jesus breaks the 7th seal. After the 7th seal is broken, there follows a silence in heaven for about half an hour, and incense is offered to the golden altar of incense in front of the true throne.[19] Atonement on the Day of Atonement of the creation world is preparing. The true mercy seat, the true throne, is covered by the true incense, and the 7 trumpets begin to be sounded one after the other.
 (The reason I use words such as 'true incense' and 'true throne' now, is not to explain the phenomenon itself that the smoke we normally see, obscures the throne of the heaven of angels. This is to explain the fact that the Day of Atonement for Israel which was a foreshadowing, is actually fulfilled at this time. Whether or not the smoke actually rises or not is not the point. The point is that the incense received from the altar of burnt offering and the prayers of the saints, ascend to God like smoke at this time and the true most holy place will soon be opened for the atonement for the creation world. The true most holy place will be opened with the 1st resurrection of the martyr witnesses that takes place with the sounding of the 7th trumpet[20], and the free will of the angels is perfected[21] through the truthfulness of the commandments proved at this time.[22] The possibility to sin hidden in the righteous creatures, is only annihilated at this time. This is the true atonement for the creation world through the blood of the Son[23], and the time when this happens is the Day of Atonement.)
 The 1260 days of the 1st half of the 70th week are the period in which the beast reigns and at the same time the period in which the 2 witnesses prophesy.[24] As the 70th week begins after people1/3 die, the son of destruction sits in the temple building and begins to say that he is God.[25] This is the beginning of the great tribulation that has not been from the beginning of the world.[26] Near the end of the 1st half of the 70th week, the great tribulation begins. (There may be an opinion that the great tribulation will begin 'with' the 1st half of the 70th week, by interpreting 'half' in Dan 9:27 as 'for half'.[27] And there may be an opinion that the great tribulation will begin 'in' the 1st half of the 70th week, by interpreting 'half' in Dan 9:27 as 'in the middle'.)
 At the end of the great tribulation that the saints must endure[28], the 7th trumpet is sounded and the 1st resurrection takes place.[29] Since the 7th trumpet is sounded after the 1260 days of the 1st half of the 70th week are over[30], it is thought that the 7th trumpet will probably be sounded in the beginning of the 2nd half of the 70th week. Therefore, the 1260 days[31], the 42 months[32], the 1st half of the 70th week, before the beginning of the 2nd half of the 70th week, must be between the sealing of the 144000 in the time of the 6th seal and just before the sounding of the 7th trumpet. In other words, the 1260 days can only be during the period between the 1st trumpet and the 6th trumpet in the 7th seal.
 The 6th trumpet is the 2nd woe, and the 7th trumpet is the 3rd woe.[33] Because the 7th trumpet is sounded just before pouring out of the 7 plagues of the great tribulation[34], the great tribulation that the saints must endure must belong to the period of the 6th trumpet, the 2nd woe. However, I don't think the entire period of the 6th trumpet is the 1st half of the 70th week, and the entire period of the 7th trumpet is the 2nd half of the 70th week. It does not seem that the 1260 days are counted from the moment the 6th trumpet is sounded, or that the 7th trumpet is sounded immediately after the 1260 days of the 1st half of the 70th week are over. Although the 1st half of the 70th week is in the 6th trumpet period and the 2nd half of the 70th week is in the 7th trumpet period, the 1260 days of the 1st half of the 70th week do not seem to be the entire period of the 6th trumpet, and 1260 days of the 2nd half of the 70th week do not seem to be the entire period of the 7th trumpet. This is because the 7th trumpet could be sounded a few more days after the 2nd half of the 70th week begins.
 Since the period given to the beast is the 42 months, or the 1260 days[35], most of the 1st half of the 70th week will be included in the great tribulation. Since the 7 plagues are also a part of the great tribulation[36], the great tribulation will not be finished with the sounding of the 7th trumpet, but the saints will avoid the 7 plagues of the great tribulation. For the saints will be resurrected or transformed and will be caught up into the air. Whether only the 1st half of the 70th week is included in the great tribulation or only the 2nd half of the 70th week is included in the great tribulation, or whether the 1st half and the 2nd half of the 70th week are equally included in the great tribulation, the great tribulation will begin with the 70th week[37], and the saints will suffer the great tribulation only until about half point of the 70th week. Because the 1st resurrection will take place with the sounding of the 7th trumpet around the half point of the 70th week.[38]
 (If the sealing is finished before the 1st trumpet is sounded after the 6th seal is broken, there is a possibility that the 70th week will begin after the 6th seal is broken. Anyway, the 70th week can only begin at least after the sealing of the 144000 is finished. Also, it cannot be concluded that the 70th week begins immediately after the sealing is finished. What is certain is that since the beasts persecute the saints for the 1st half of the 70th week, for the 42 months, the sealing is finished at least before the beasts come up from the sea[39] and the earth.[40])
 The 42 months of Revelation 13 are the 1st half of the 70th week. To put it all together, the 70th week begins with the persecution of the beasts, so in order for the 1st half of the 70th week to begin, at least the beasts must come up from the sea and the earth first to persecute the saints. Also, the 1st half of the 70th week cannot begin until the 144000 are sealed. This means that the 70th week can begin only when both the saints who will overcome the persecution of the beasts and the beasts that will persecute the saints are prepared. If the 4 winds that are held until the end of the sealing, signify the 4 angels bound at Euphrates, then it seems that the beasts come up from the sea and the earth as people1/3 are killed by the 4 winds that are released at the time of the 6th trumpet that will be sounded some time after the sealing is finished. Perhaps from this time the 70th week seems to begin, and the war between the sealed 144000 and the beast worshipers, seems to take place for 1260 days.[41] If this is the case, the 70th week will begin at some point after the sounding of the 6th trumpet, that is, the 2nd woe.
 Considering that the 1st woe, that is, the locusts that are coming out of the abyss after the 5th trumpet is sounded, cannot harm those who have been sealed[42], there may be an opinion that the sealing may have finished at the time of the sounding of the 5th trumpet, so it is possible that the beasts come up at the time of the 5th trumpet. In this way, after the 5th trumpet is sounded, the 70th week begins. During the period of the 5th trumpet and 6th trumpet, may be the 1st half of the 70th week that the events of Revelation 13 take place. However, in order for this view to be persuasive, it must first be proved that the 4 winds that are released after the sounding of the 6th trumpet and the appearance of the beasts, have no relationship with each other. In order for the 70th week to begin, the beasts that will persecute the saints must come up, and the 4 winds that are now assumed to raise the beasts[43] are released only after the 6th trumpet is sounded.[44] At the time of the sounding of the 5th trumpet, even though the sealing of the 144000 has already been finished, it means that the 70th week cannot begin because the beasts have not yet come up.
 Some view the 'star that fell to the earth', who received the key of the abyss after the 5th trumpet is sounded[45], as Satan in Revelation 12 who was thrown down from heaven.[46] The view is that Satan who was thrown down to the earth, torments people with the locusts, and then kills people1/3 with 200000000 horsemen. Before the 5th trumpet is sounded, the sealed firstfruits who will prove the truthfulness of the commandments, already have been established. Now, Satan will do everything he can to prove his evil claims, and the firstfruits who are sealed will overcome Satan's onslaught and disprove his false claims. When Satan was thrown down to the earth, the appointed number of martyr witnesses, including those who were martyred and who will be martyred, would be nearly full. This is because the judgment against Satan fraudswarms can begin only when the appointed number of martyr witnesses who will prove the truthfulness of the commandments is completed. Those who are sealed will surely be witnesses. Therefore, I believe that those who are sealed probably are included in the number of martyr witnesses.
 The actors and stage are perfectly prepared for the play that would decide the fate of the creation world. Therefore, Satan is finally thrown down. Woe to the earth and the sea because Satan has been thrown down to the earth.[47] For the beasts will come up from the sea and the earth[48], and the tribulation will begin for 42 months, 1 time times and a half.[49] However, even if we assume that it is true that Satan was thrown down to the earth with the sounding of the 5th trumpet, there is no basis for stating that the beasts came up with the sounding of the 5th trumpet. Satan who is thrown down to the earth after the 5th trumpet is sounded, could raise the beasts by using the 4 winds that are released after the 6th trumpet is sounded.
 If we see the 1 time times and a half, when the dragon who was thrown down to the earth, persecutes the woman, is regarded as the 1st half of the 70th week, there can be 2 views as to when the dragon will fight against the rest of her seed.[50] ① There may be an opinion that for the 1st half of the 70th week, the dragon will persecute the woman and fight against the rest of her seed at the same time, or ② One might be of the view that the dragon who failed to kill the woman for the 1st half of the 70th week, will fight against the martyr witnesses who are resurrected or transformed, who come down as the army of the LORD Jesus at the end of the 70th week. The view of ① sees the rest of her seed as the 2 witnesses, that is, the 144000 firstfruits who are redeemed from among men. The view of ② sees the rest of her seed as all the martyr witnesses who are resurrected or transformed. Either way, the earth that saved the woman by swallowing up the river that spewed from the dragon's mouth[51], would not belong to Satan. This means that it will not be the earth from which the beast came up.[52] The dragon who was trying to kill the woman, the true church, prepares for war to fight against the rest of her seed when his efforts have failed. ① The rest of her seed prophesy the eternal gospel and smash the armies of the beast. ② Another view, the rest of her seed come down to follow the LORD Jesus after being resurrected or transformed.[53]
 [the sealed 144000=those who eat the little book =the 2 witnesses who will prophesy again=the martyr witnesses who receive God the Holy Spirit who comes even as the latter rain] Assuming that the sealed 144000 in Revelation 7[54], those who prophesy again after eating the little book in Revelation 10[55], and the 2 witnesses in Revelation 11[56], refer to the same saints, the 1st half of the 70th week, the 42 months[57], is the period during which the beasts persecute the saints, and at the same time, it is also the period of 1260 days during which the 144000 who are sealed by eating the little book, prophesy again. I see the little book as the eternal gospel of the 70th week, that is, the book of Revelation.[58] I see eating the little book as being sealed, and being sealed as receiving God the Holy Spirit who comes even as the latter rain. I see eating the little book and prophesying again as proclaiming the eternal gospel.[59] The 2 witnesses who ate the little book and were sealed, that is, the 144000 who received God the Holy Spirit who came even as the latter rain, proclaim the eternal gospel for 1260 days of the 1st half of the 70th week. Therefore, I believe that those who are worthy to understand the book of Revelation and proclaim the eternal gospel[60], will receive the seal of God the Holy Spirit who comes not only as the early rain but also even as the latter rain.
 [Hold the 4 winds that raise beasts from the sea and the earth, preventing the beasts from coming up from the sea and the earth=A mighty angel treads on the sea and the earth to prevent the beasts from coming up from the sea and the earth] Assuming that the 4 winds of Revelation 7[61] and the 4 winds of Dan 7[62] are winds that do the same thing, that is, the winds that raise beasts[63], if we see the scene where the 144000 saints are sealed and the scene where John eats the little book are the same scene but expressed differently, we can also see the scene where the 4 angels hold the 4 winds to prevent the appearance of the beasts[64] and the scene where the mighty angel set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the earth to prevent the appearance of the beasts[65], can also be viewed as scenes that express the same content differently.
Rev.9:13 The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Rev.9:14 saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"
Rev.9:15 The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill one third of mankind.
Rev.9:16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was ten thousands of ten thousands. I heard the number of them.
Rev.10:1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
Rev.10:2 He had in his hand a little book open. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.
Rev.10:3 He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.
Rev.10:7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.
Rev.10:8 The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land."
 After the Lamb breaks the 6th seal, the 144000 firstfruits[66] are sealed[67], and after the 7th seal is broken, an angel offers incense and prayers of the saints to the golden altar of incense.[68] When the 6th trumpet is sounded, a voice is heard from the 4 horns of the golden altar of incense where the angel had offered incense and prayers.[69] This gives a strong feeling as if the incense and prayers offered by the angel were accepted by God. It seems as if the answers to that prayers are pouring out soon.
 While the incense is being offered and the atonement is being prepared, trumpets are sounded and the earth1/3 is devastated. When the 7th trumpet is sounded, preparation for the atonement is completed and the atonement begins. The final preparation for the atonement is made after the 6th trumpet is sounded. The appointed number of witnesses who will be martyred and the beasts that martyr the witnesses, are now ready.[70] When the appointed number of martyr witnesses is completed, judgment on the sinners will be executed soon.
 The angel offered the incense he had received from the altar of burnt offering, on the golden altar of incense along with the prayers of the saints. Since the burning of the sacrifice on the altar of burnt offering[71] ultimately symbolizes[72] the burning[73] of sin[74], some view the incense on the altar as symbolizing the atonement of the LORD Jesus, the Lamb who took upon Himself our sins and was judged in our behalf.[75] And some view the incense as a symbol of the judgment against Satan, the ringleader of sin.[76] The prayers of the saints who were killed[77] by Satan because they had the word of God[78], symbolize judgment.[79] Whether the incense of the altar of burnt offering symbolizes redemption or judgment, the prayers of judgment which are combined with the incense of the altar of burnt offering and offered after the firstfruits are sealed, are answered after the 6th trumpet is sounded. Perhaps, since the firstfruits that will finally confirm the truthfulness of the commandments are sealed after the 6th seal is broken, it seems that the prayers of judgment can only be offered only after the breaking of the 7th seal after the time of the breaking of the 6th seal when the firstfruits are sealed.
 In Dan 7, the 4 winds of the sky break forth on the great sea, and then the beasts come up from the sea.[80] Assuming that the release of the 4 angels after the sounding of the 6th trumpet, is the same as the release of the 4 winds of Revelation 7[81], and assuming that the release of the 4 winds of the earth is the release of the 4 winds of heaven, when the 4 angels are released[82], beasts will come up from the sea[83] and from the earth.[84]
 The beasts symbolize the political power of the world, the states that persecute the saints.[85] (There may be a view that the beasts symbolize Satan fraudswarms[86] who have seized power in this world.[87]) As the beasts that came up from the sea blown by the wind[88] symbolized Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome in turn, the beasts that will come up after the 4 winds blow, will also symbolize the political power of this world. If we look closely at the sea beast of Revelation 13, we can see that the 4 beasts that came up from Dan 7 are combined into one.[89] (Number of heads 7 = lion 1 + bear 1 + leopard 4 + monster 1, number of horns 10 = monster 10, leopard body + bear feet + lion's mouth + dragon power = fast, strong, and tenacious) It must be such a vicious and dreadful power.
 In Revelation 10 immediately following the sounding of the 6th trumpet, there is a scene where a mighty angel suddenly comes down from heaven, treads the sea and the earth[90], and gives John a little book to prophesy again.[91] This angel treads the sea and the earth while those who are to prophesy again eat the little book, stopping the beasts from coming up from the sea and the earth for a while. This is reminiscent of the scene in Revelation 7 where the 4 angels hold the 4 winds of the earth and block the winds from blowing on the earth and the sea for a while until the sealing is finished. For from where the winds blow the beasts come up.
 Those who have to prophesy again may symbolize those who are sealed. In Revelation 10 and Revelation 11 immediately following, the 2 witnesses prophesy for 1260 days, for 42 months, during half of the 70th week[92]. In view of this, it is thought that those who eat the little book and prophesy again and the 2 witnesses who prophesy for 1260 days, probably symbolize or contain the sealed 144000 firstfruits.[93] The 144000 firstfruits who are redeemed from among men[94] may not be the 2 witnesses, but all the 144000 must be included in the 2 witnesses.
 After the 6th trumpet is sounded, the 4 angels bound at Euphrates are released. The beasts come up. This means that the sealing on the foreheads of the servants of God is finished, and that the 2 witnesses who will prophesy again for 1260 days after eating the little book, at least 144000 firstfruits who are redeemed from among men, have been established. Now that the firstfruits and the beasts to fight each other are ready, the 70th week[95] will begin soon.
 When we look at Revelation 10, we can see that only those who eat the little book will prophesy again. It means that only those who eat the little book can become the 2 witnesses to prophesy for the 1260 days of the 1st half of the 70th week, or may become the 144000 firstfruits who are redeemed from among men. I don't know from when eating the little book began. However, considering that the sealing begins after the 6th seal is broken, it is presumed that eating the little book probably started from the time of breaking the 6th seal. Regardless of when the eating of the little book started, the eating of the little book must have been finished before the 6th trumpet is sounded and the beasts come up, because the beasts can only come up when those who will prophesy are prepared.
 The seal began to be sealed from the time of the 6th seal before the Lamb broke the 7th seal. Perhaps the sealing has already been finished before the 7th seal is broken.[96] Considering that the locusts that come out after the 5th trumpet is sounded, only harm those who have not been sealed on their foreheads[97], it is presumed that the sealing has already been finished at least before the 5th trumpet is sounded. It means that those who will prophesy again will be ready before the 5th trumpet is sounded.
 Regardless of whether the sealing that began to be made after the Lamb broke the 6th seal, is finished before the breaking of the 7th seal or is continued thereafter until sometime before the sounding of the 5th trumpet, the sealing has already been finished before the time when the 4 angels bound at the great river Euphrates are released. And some day after the sealing is finished, the 70th week begins.
Conclusion
 The 1st half of the 70th week is the 1260 days when the 2 witnesses eat the little book and prophesy again, so the las1week will begin at the same time as the prophecy of the 2 witnesses. The 2 witnesses come out after the 6th trumpet is sounded, in the period of the 2nd woe.[98] The 2nd woe is the reign of the beast for 42 months after people1/3 die.[99] The 42 months[100] and the 7 plagues pouring out after the sounding of the 7th trumpet are the great tribulation.[101] Because the saints are resurrected or transformed with the sounding of the 7th trumpet[102], the saints do not suffer from the 7 plagues. For the saints, the days of great tribulation will be reduced.
 
[2nd woe = people1/3 death + beast reign 42 months (1st half of the 70th week) = great tribulation]
The 3rd woe is the 7 golden bowl plagues after the sounding of the 7th trumpet.[103]
[3rd woe = 7 golden bowl plagues = great tribulation↑]
 
 Around the beginning of the 2nd half of the 70th week, the martyr witnesses are resurrected or transformed with the sounding of the 7th trumpet. After the 1st resurrection of the martyr witnesses, the 7 plagues are poured out on the earth. And then, when the LORD Jesus comes even to the earth and judges the armies of the beast, the 2nd half of the 70th week is over.
 
[2nd half of the 70th week = 1st resurrection (shortening the great tribulation for the saints) + 7 plagues + destruction of Babylon + judgment against the beasts + imprisoning Satan in the abyss]
 
 
 
 The 42 months of the beast's reign are the 1st half of the 70th week, and the period from the climax of the great tribulation to the judgment against Satan fraudswarms is the 2nd half of the 70th week. Therefore, the 70th week begins after the 6th trumpet is sounded and people1/3 die, and ends around the time when the LORD Jesus comes even to the earth to judge the beasts. Although the 6th trumpet is sounded and the 2nd woe begins, and the 7th trumpet is sounded and the 3rd woe begins, however, just because the 6th trumpet is sounded, does not mean that the 70th week begins right away and just because the 3rd woe ends, does not mean that the 2nd half of the 70th week ends right away.
 Some may view the great tribulation begins with the 1st half of the 70th week, while others view it begins in the 1st half of the 70th week. Depending on how we view the 'week half[106]' recorded in Dan 9:27, our view of the great tribulation period may change. This is because the great tribulation begins from the 'week half' when the abomination of desolation, that is, the son of destruction stands in the holy place. There may be views that view 'week half' as ① 'during half of the week', ② view as 'some time in the half of the week', and ③ view as 'at half point of the week'.
 ① If the great tribulation takes place 'during half of the week', the entire period of the 1st half of the 70th week will be the period of the great tribulation. ② If the great tribulation begins 'at some time in the half of the week', the great tribulation can occur at any time after the 1st half of the 70th week began. ③ If the great tribulation begins 'at half point of the 70th week', the great tribulation will occur around the end of the 1st half of the 70th week. If we view the period as short, there may be an opinion that views the great tribulation will take place briefly around the half point of the 70th week, and if we view the period as long, there may be an opinion that views the entire 1st half of the 70th week as the period of the great tribulation.
 The 1260 days when the 2 witnesses are prophesying, are the 42 months when the beasts persecute the saints.[107] When people1/3 die after the sounding of the 6th trumpet, the beast will come up from the sea. The sea beast, that is, the Babylon papacy which has seized the superpower, will confirm the 1 week covenant[108], and from that point on, the reign of the beast will begin for 42 months, for 1260 days, for the 1st half of the 70th week. The reign of the beast and the prophesying of the 2 witnesses will take place simultaneously until the 1st half of the 70th week is almost over[109], but by the end of the 1st half of the 70th week, the abomination of desolation will stand in the holy place.[110] Or, the reign of the beast and the prophesying of the 2 witnesses will take place simultaneously from the time when the abomination of desolation stands in the holy place until the end of the 1st half of the 70th week. In other words, the son of destruction, the pope prostitute, will sit in the temple building and call himself God.
 When the pope prostitute sits in the temple building, there will be the great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall.[111] If the pope prostitute sits in the temple building around the half point of the 70th week, the great tribulation will take place around the half point of the 70th week. If the pope prostitute sits in the temple building as soon as the 70th week begins, the great tribulation will take place as soon as the 70th week begins. In the period of the great tribulation, false christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect[112], even cause fire to come down from heaven to the earth in the presence of humans.[113] The 2 witnesses will be martyred and will be resurrected when the 7th trumpet is sounded[114], or will survive until the 7th trumpet is sounded and will be transformed.
 The 144000 firstfruits who are redeemed from among men, are also the witnesses to prove the truthfulness of the commandments. I don't know when the appointed number of martyr witnesses will be completed.[115] However, as soon as these firstfruits who have received the testimony of the Son and sealed that God is true[116], are produced, the harvest will begin[117], and the truthfulness of the commandments will soon be confirmed. The sealing of the 144000 firstfruits will be finished at least before the 1st woe which harms only the unsealed, before the sounding of the 5th trumpet. Since the 2 witnesses who are active after the sounding of the 6th trumpet, the 2nd woe, will also have to eat the little book and prophesy again for the 1st half of the 70th week[118], so they must be ready before the 6th trumpet is sounded. It is possible that the sealed 144000 firstfruits were symbolized by the 2 witnesses prophesying the eternal gospel, but even if not, the 2 witnesses would include all of the 144000 witnesses.
 In order for the 70th week to begin, the sealed saints and the beasts that will persecute the saints must first be raised. The truthfulness of the commandments[119] will be finally confirmed[120] through the battle between the saints established by the LORD Jesus and the beasts established by Satan, that will take place for the 1st half of the 70th week.[121] God's love[122] and justice were almost proved through the cross[123] where God the Father and God the Son had to be cut off from each other.[124] If only the truthfulness of the commandments established by the Creator as the governing principle of the creation world[125] can be confirmed, even the smallest misunderstandings about the Creator that still remain in creatures[126], will disappear. When all misunderstandings about the Creator are removed[127], creatures will be perfected with things that will never sin again.[128] As sin disappears, death, the wages of sin[129], will also be completely annihilated from the creation world.[130]
 For the truthfulness of the commandments to be finally confirmed, witnesses who will overcome death, that is, sin, and be resurrected or transformed must be raised.[131] Through the 144000 firstfruits who are redeemed from among men and the numerous saints sealed by God the Holy Spirit[132] and are resurrected or transformed[133], God will accomplish this work[134] and complete creation.[135] (I think of it as a limited thought of a creature that cannot escape space-time. God the Creator who made space-time[136] and is still maintaining it[137], is not limited by space-time. Nevertheless, God the Son is revealing Himself to the creation world as a creature.[138] It is not something that angels or humans who are mere creatures, dare to understand.[139])
For the 70th week to begin, the 2 witnesses, the sealed 144000, and the beasts to martyr the saints, must all be prepared.
The 144000 is sealed when the 6th seal is broken, but the beasts come up from the sea and the earth only after the 6th trumpet is sounded and people1/3 die.
Therefore, the time when both the 2 witnesses and the beasts are ready is after the 6th trumpet is sounded and people1/3 are dead.
Accordingly, after the 6th trumpet is sounded and people1/3 die, the 70th week begins with the coming up the beasts.

 

Could the 42 months of the beast's reign be a period of [1st woe + 2nd woe]?
= [5 months scorpion torment + Death of people1/3] is included in the 42 months or does the 42 months begin after the end of [5 months scorpion torment + Death of people1/3]
Premise1: I view the 1st half of the 70th week as the 42 months of the beast's reign.
Premise2: I view the 42 months of the beast’s reign and the 1260 days when the 2 witnesses prophesy as the same period, same 1st half of the 70th week.
Premise3: I believe that the 1st resurrection takes place after the 1st half of the 70th week is over. There will be no saints on the earth in the 2nd half of the 70th week when the 7 plagues are poured out on the earth.
Premise4: I view the devil cast out to the earth in Revelation 12 and the star that appears and opens the abyss after the 5th trumpet is sounded as the same force. This means that I see the event that the devil that is cast out to the earth and raises beasts from the sea and the earth to harm the sea and the earth[140], and the event that the star fallen from heaven to the earth opens the abyss and raises the beasts, as the same event.
Premise5: The beasts that rise up out of the sea and the earth, come up out of the abyss. Therefore, it is assumed that the beasts cannot come up until the abyss is opened, and therefore the beasts cannot rise up from the sea and the earth before the 5th trumpet when the star fallen to the earth opens the abyss.
Premise6: Since the abyss is opened after the 5th trumpet is sounded, there may be an opinion that the beasts rise up and the 42months begin after the 5th trumpet is sounded. We are here to consider whether the 42months begin after the 5th trumpet is sounded, or whether the 42months begin after the 6th trumpet is sounded and people1/3 die.
Rev.9:1 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
Rev.9:2 He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.
Rev.9:3 Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
 When the 5th trumpet is sounded, locusts come up from the abyss and torment people with scorpion torment for 5 months. This is the 1st woe. The 6th trumpet is sounded and the 4 angels of Euphrates are released and kill people1/3 with 200000000 horsemen. After that, the beasts come up from the sea and the earth and slaughter the saints for 42 months. This is the 2nd woe. The 2nd woe ends with the sounding of the 7th trumpet.
 
5th trumpet = 1st woe = 5 months scorpion torment
= [View① The 42 months of the beast reign begins with the scorpion torment.]
6th trumpet = 2nd woe = Death of people1/3
= [View② The 42 months of the beast reign begins after the end of the death of the people1/3.]
7th trumpet = 3rd woe = 1st resurrection + 7 plagues
 
 Since the abyss is opened after the sounding of the 5th trumpet, there may be an opinion that the beasts will come up with the sounding of the 5th trumpet, not the 6th trumpet. It is the view that the 42 months in which the beast dominates the whole world, will begin after the sounding of the 5th trumpet, not the 6th trumpet.
Rev.11:2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.          
Rev.11:3 I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev.11:4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth.
Rev.11:5 If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.
Rev.11:6 These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
Rev.11:7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
 The beast that kills the 2 witnesses at the end of the 1st half of the 70th week, is the beast that came up from the abyss.[141] It is not that the beast comes up from the abyss at the end of the 1st half of the 70th week and kills the 2 witnesses, but the beast that came up from the abyss and has been slaughtered the saints for 42 months[142], kills the 2 witnesses at the end of the 42 months. I do not think that all of the 2 witnesses will die because I see the 2 witnesses as the 144000 firstfruits. I think there will be those who will survive and be transformed as well as those who will die and be resurrected.
Rev.13:5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.
Rev.13:6 He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.
Rev.13:7 It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him.
Rev.13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
 The beast slaughters the saints for 42 months. If we view the beginning of these 42 months when the beast slaughters the saints as the sounding of the 5th trumpet, [5 months scorpion torment + Death of people1/3 + Forcing the mark of the beast666] will occur for these 42 months. These 42 months are the period during which the beast enforces the mark of the beast666. It is the view that the mark of the beast is also forced on the saints while billions of people suffer from scorpion torment by the locusts that came out after the 5th trumpet is sounded and billions of people die by the 4 angels of Euphrates who were released after the 6th trumpet is sounded.
 It is questionable whether the beast will be able to focus on slaughtering the saints if billions of people suffer horribly and eventually die while the beast dominates the world. In other words, it is questionable whether the beast will be able to focus on slaughtering the saints who do not worship the image of the beast, while locusts torture billions of people and 200000000 horsemen kill billions of people.
 I think that Satan who is cast out to the earth, will open the abyss, torment people with locusts, kill people1/3 with 200000000 horsemen, and then raise beasts from the sea and the earth. I view that after [5 months of scorpion torment + Death of people1/3], the 42 months of the beast reign will begin. For these 42 months, the beast will enforce the worship of the beast, and only those who worship the beast will be given the mark of the beast so that they can buy food and services. For these 42 months, the beast will do all it can only to slaughter the saints who refuse to worship the beast.
 Satan's purpose is to threaten the saints and lead them into apostasy. The mark of the beast is only an excuse to find out the saints who refuse to worship the beast. I view Satan causes the 5 months scorpion torment and kills people1/3 in order to take over the whole world and make the saints apostatise. Once he has taken over the world, Satan does not need to torture or kill the wicked.[143] Because he must focus on making the saints apostatise.[144]

 



[1] Rev.14:3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth. These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

[2] Dan.12:1 "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.

[3] Rev.6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" A long white robe was given them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, completed their course.

[4] John3:33 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.

[5] Ezek.9:4 Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it. To the others he said in my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have you pity; kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

[6] 2Cor.1:22 who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

[7] Joel2:23 "Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in Yahweh, your God; For he gives you the early rain in just measure, And he causes the rain to come down for you, The early rain and the latter rain, As before.

[8] Rev.7:4 I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

[9] Rev.7:13 One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?" I told him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great oppression. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood.

[10] Rev.7:9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"

[11] Rev.9:5 They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a man. In those days men will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

[12] Jer.5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

[13] Zech.12:8 In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh before them.

[14] Rev.7:3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!" I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

[15] Rev.14:3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth. These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

[16] Rev.9:3 Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men who don't have God's seal on their foreheads.

[17] Rev.7:1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

[18] Rev.9:14 saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!" The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill one third of mankind. The number of the armies of the horsemen was ten thousands of ten thousands. I heard the number of them.

[19] Rev.8:1 When he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven for about half an hour. I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.

[20] Rev.11:15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"

  Rev.11:19 God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.

[21] 1Pet.1:11 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them. To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into. Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ --

[22] 1Cor.15:54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

[23] Col.1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross. Through him, I say, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens.

[24] Rev.11:2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months. I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

[25] 2Thess.2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

  Matt.24:15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

  Dan.9:27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week(view2:for half of the week) he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.

[26] Matt.24:21 for then will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened.

[27] Dan.9:27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week(view2:for half of the week) he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.

[28] Rev.11:7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

[29] 1Cor.15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

[30] Rev.11:14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly. The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"

[31] Rev.11:2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months. I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

[32] Rev.13:5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.

[33] Rev.9:11 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon," but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon." The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this. The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"

[34] Matt.24:29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

[35] Rev.13:5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him. He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.

[36] Matt.24:21 for then will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened.

[37] Matt.24:15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

  Dan.9:27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week(view2:for half of the week) he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.

[38] Matt.24:29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

[39] Rev.13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.

[40] Rev.13:11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.

[41] Rev.11:2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months. I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

[42] Rev.9:3 Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men who don't have God's seal on their foreheads.

[43] Rev.7:1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

[44] Rev.9:14 saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!" The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill one third of mankind. The number of the armies of the horsemen was ten thousands of ten thousands. I heard the number of them.

[45] Rev.9:1 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.

  Rev.9:11 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon," but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon." The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

[46] Rev.12:9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

[47] Rev.12:12 Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time."

[48] Rev.13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.

[49] Rev.12:14 Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

[50] Rev.12:17 The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God's commandments and hold Jesus' testimony.

[51] Rev.12:16 The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon spewed out of his mouth.

[52] Rev.13:11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.

[53] Rev.19:14 The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen. Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with a rod of iron. He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

[54] Rev.7:3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!" I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

[55] Rev.10:10 I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter. They told me, "You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings."

[56] Rev.11:2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months. I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

[57] Rev.13:5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.

[58] Rev.14:8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality." Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,

[59] Rev.14:6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people. He said with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"

[60] Rev.14:3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth. These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb. In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

[61] Rev.7:1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

[62] Dan.7:2 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea. Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

[63] Rev.13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.

[64] Rev.7:1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

[65] Rev.10:1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. He had in his hand a little book open. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.

[66] Rev.14:1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

[67] Rev.7:4 I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

[68] Rev.8:3 Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.

[69] Rev.9:13 The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"

[70] Rev.6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" A long white robe was given them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, completed their course.

[71] Heb.13:11 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.

[72] Ps.37:20 But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish -- Vanish like smoke.

[73] Rev.20:14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

[74] 1Cor.15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

[75] Eph.5:2 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

[76] Ezek.10:14 Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

  Ezek.1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.

[77] Heb.12:24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

[78] Rev.6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

[79] Gen.4:10 Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

[80] Dan.7:2 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea. Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

[81] Rev.7:1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

[82] Rev.7:1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

[83] Rev.13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.

[84] Rev.13:11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.

[85] Dan.7:17 These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who shall arise out of the earth.

[86] Dan.10:20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.

[87] John12:31 Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

[88] Dan.7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I saw until the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it. Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I saw, and, behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns.

[89] Rev.13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

[90] Rev.10:1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. He had in his hand a little book open. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.

[91] Rev.10:8 The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land." I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, "Take it, and eat it up. It will make your belly bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey."

[92] Rev.11:2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months. I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

[93] Rev.7:3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!" I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

[94] Rev.14:1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

[95] Dan.9:27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week(view2:for half of the week) he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.

[96] Rev.7:3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!"

[97] Rev.9:4 They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men who don't have God's seal on their foreheads.

[98] Rev.9:12 The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this. The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"

[99] Rev.8:13 I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!"

[100] 2Thess.2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

  Dan.9:27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week(view2:for half of the week) he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.

[101] Matt.24:15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

  Matt.24:21 for then will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened.

  Matt.24:29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

[102] 1Cor.15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

[103] Rev.15:1 I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God's wrath is finished.

[104] Rev.11:14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly. The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"

[105] Rev.15:7 One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.

[106] Dan 9:27  And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week; and for half of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and upon the wing of detestable things shall be that which causeth appalment; and that until the extermination wholly determined be poured out upon that which causeth appalment.' [JPS]

  Dan.9:27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week(view2:for half of the week) he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.

[107] Rev.13:5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.

[108] Dan.9:27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week(view2:for half of the week) he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.

[109] Rev.11:2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months. I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

[110] 2Thess.2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

  Dan.9:27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week(view2:for half of the week) he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate;

[111] Matt.24:15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

  Matt.24:20 Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath, for then will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

[112] Matt.24:23 "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it. For there will arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

[113] Rev.13:12 He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky on the earth in the sight of men.

[114] Rev.11:11 After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them. I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.

[115] Rev.6:10 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" A long white robe was given them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, completed their course.

[116] John3:31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness. He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.

[117] Rev.14:14 I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!" He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

[118] Rev.10:10 I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter. They told me, "You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings."

[119] 1Cor.15:54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

[120] Rom.8:19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

[121] Rev.12:12 Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time."

[122] 1John3:1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

[123] Rom.5:7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die. But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

[124] Gal.3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"

[125] Ps.89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Lovingkindness and truth go before your face.

[126] Job1:9 Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."

[127] Job2:3 Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."

[128] Luke20:35 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. For neither can they die any more, for they are like the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

[129] Rom.6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

[130] Rev.20:14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

[131] 1Cor.15:54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

[132] 2Cor.5:4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

[133] Rom.8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

[134] Rev.21:4 He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away. He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."

[135] Gen.2:1 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

[136] Rom.8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

[137] Heb.1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

[138] Phil.2:5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider it robbery to be equal with God, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

[139] John3:27 John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.

  1Cor.2:11 For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God's Spirit.

[140] Rev.12:9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night. They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death. Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time."

[141] Rev.17:7 The angel said to me, "Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see that the beast was, and is not, and will pe present.

[142] Rev.17:9 Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits. They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while. The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.

  Rev.17:5 And on her forehead a name was written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.

[143] Job1:12 Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh. It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, that there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them, and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you." While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you." While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you." While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."

[144] Job1:8 Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil." Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."https://youtu.be/AupisuARmgQ?feature=shared