The scope of prophecy ends with 69 weeks of years [about 33 A.D.] decreed for the nation of Israel [483 years] and then continues with the 1 remaining week [7 years] which is still future. [Daniel 9, 12]
This last segment of Bible prophecy will begin at a time [date] which is not revealed in scripture. The Lord has said that no one can know the start time for coming the 7 year period of the time of the end of this present age.
A remnant part of the nation has returned to the land of Israel and exists there today. The Lord has brought them from the nations of the world in part to be in place to experience the last 7 years [the time of Jacob's trouble .... Jeremiah 30] which will include His judgment of their nation and the world for unbelief.
This period will include events that lead to the visible return of the Israel's Messiah and King, and His rule of the earth for 1,000 years. Most of the world's population including Israel will not survive the Lord's judgments of the 70th week.
The Lord's view of the lost world of unbelieving humanity at the time of His coming hour of trial is symbolized by Mystry Babylon the great in the book of Revelation. [Revelation 14:8; 17:1-18; 18:1-21; 19:2]
Humans began to build cities shortly after the flood. The initial concept was to create interdependency and collective structure for the purpose of self determination apart from the Lord's providence and direction.
The city is the model that is still used today for the same purposes and it is the nucleus of human populations that fills the dominion or kingdom ruled by human political authority.
The society that is created is symbolized by a "woman" who is separated from a relationship with the Lord. One of the first cities was Babel and many others were built between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East.
The symbol of "Mystery Babylon the Great" is derived from Babel [confusion of languages], one of the first cities built after the flood. All spoke a common language until the Lord intervened.
His purpose was to halt the building process and to scatter the inhabitants by limiting their communications. He would prefer that humans live separate nomadic life styles with dependence upon His direction and care.
Babylon is also the literal name of the ancient city of Babylon which was the center of the Babylonian Empire ruling the Middle East during the 6th century B.C.
Nimrod, a descendant of Ham, was one of the first human leaders (kings) and he built Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar. This was the beginning of his kingdom (dominion)in the land of Shinar. [Genesis 10:6-10]
Later Asshur, a descendant of Shem left Akkad in the land of Shinar, and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth, Calah, and Resen. These cities were located further north and west of the land of Shinar in the land of Magog [northern Iraq]. [Genesis 10:11]
His kingdom (dominion) was the beginning of the Akkadian/Assyrian Empire which eventually ruled most of the Middle East by the 7th century B.C. These first cities established his dominion in the heart of the land of Magog. Magog's direct descendants were displaced by the Akkadian/Assyrian rulers.
Magog and his brothers Gomer, Mesheck, and Tubal, were descendants of Japheth and established the first initial settlements in this same area located between the land of Shinar and the land of Canaan.
This area was directly south of Mount Ararat and was the beginning of their habitations shortly after the flood. Further extents of this area were developed westward and southward toward the land of Canaan.
The two cities of Mesheck and Tubal were built in this land and were named after Magog's younger brothers. These two inland commercial centers traded with early Canaanite settlements on the Mediterranean coast.
Magog's other relatives Gomer and Togarmah settled in the northern extents (north quarters) of land of Magog. The rule of Magog's land eventually passed to the Akkadian/Assyrian political powers.
This same area of Magog's original settlements is where the little horn, human leader [satan's beast .... the little horn in Daniel's visions] will first appear at the end of this present age. [Daniel 8:9-12; 8:23-25; 11:36-45; 12:7; Micah 5:5]
He will begin with a smaller dominion there at first and then expand it to rule most of the Middle East. This is why the Lord has Ezekiel address satan [gog] and the land of Magog in Ezekiel 38 and 39.
The Akkadian king Sargon was the first to establish and rule over a system of combined city/states from this same area. All paid tribute and were subjected to his rule. This same area is in northern Iraq today.
The "position" of the human "king" is part of the composite model of the "woman" [the human inhabitants], and the king's "dominion" [head, mountain, kingdom] as it is described in the book of Revelation. [Revelation 17]
It is vital for the student of Bible prophecy to understand these symbols used to describe human organization that separates from a necessary relationship with the Lord.
Sargon's rule eventually covered most of both of the lands of Magog and Shinar and extended to the Mediterranean in the west and to the Persian Gulf in the east.
All of these early human habitations were designed and built on the concept of self rule apart from the Lord's providence and direction. This has been and still is the model of human civilization.
The city became the corporate center of the human king's power, following, support, and resources. Human organization of this type was a necessary component of the king's dominance over his kingdom.
He could develop political infrastructure, collect taxes, raise armies, and control these human populations within his kingdom. The next step was further expansion by conquering other peoples and their lands and adding them to the kingdom.
Human interaction creates the energy, synthesis, and motivation for the development of culture, social infrastructure, materialism, trade, commerce, false religions, and self determination.
This model of human design includes the human king "position" [government], the dominion [extent of the king's rule], and the habitant society [woman] that exists within the dominion.
It also creates the potential for expansion by alliance and conquest. The world has experienced continuous warfare and human decadence; and human civilization has been conditionally responsible for mass death and destruction in many ways, both physically and spiritually since the beginning of time.
The Lord is against this man made model of human civilization because it is built upon the fallen condition of human nature, and because it excludes His interaction.
Human behavior can and does become antagonistic toward Him beyond His tolerance. When this happens His judgment can fall and can be sudden and brutal.
Human societies are collectively and individually lost without a relationship to Him and this can lead to an individual's eventual spiritual death and elimination.
The model produces an environment packed with deceptions, distractions, seductions, and misleading influences which can prevent humans from finding out the truth about their existence and future survival.
There is a contrasting theme presented in scripture involving the social context of this model. The Lord called Abraham to leave the city of Ur and the Sumerian culture for the land of Canaan about 1,000 years after the flood. [Genesis 12:1-4]
There he was to establish [father] a nation and city that would be set apart from all others. The land of Israel and the city of Jerusalem was to be the human organization model of contrast.
It was to be an example to the world of a nation and city under the providence and direction of the Lord. He would be their King and they would be His people.
The relationship was eventually traded by Israel for the ways of the other cities and nations of the earth, but the Lord has and is still honoring his agreements with Israel of whom some [a remnant part] will eventually accept and obey Him at His second advent. [Isaiah 11; Jeremiah 30; Ezekiel 36,37; Daniel 9]
He came to be the king of the nation of Israel 2,000 years ago and He was rejected by His own people and was and is also rejected by all other nations for the most part. [Romans 11:1-36]
The scope of the visions of the Bible prophets ends with His rejection 2,000 years ago .... and resumes again including events that will lead up to His visible return and presence on the earth. [Daniel 9:24-27]
He will come again the second time at the end of this present age and His kingdom [dominion] will extend over the entire earth and He will rule from Jerusalem. [Daniel 2; Micah 4; Revelation 20]
Israel's early intransigence caused the Lord to bring judgment against the nation by allowing the surrounding nations to attack, destroy, and occupy their land. The Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans were all examples.
He sent prophets to the nation to warn of impending judgment if Israel did not turn to Him and repent of their intentional behavior towards Him.
The same prophets recorded their visions in the Old Testament and these visions also include related events that are yet future from today. The nation was expelled entirely from the land by the end of the first century.
The Lord scattered Israel to reside in the very nations that He brought against them from which they are to return for the future and second advent of their Messiah and King.
They will experience a time of unprecedented trouble almost to the point of total extinction in the land of Israel and on a worldwide scale at the end of this present age. [Jeremiah 30; Zechariah 14; Matthew 24]
This will take place during the last 7 years of the 70 weeks of years decreed for Israel. [Daniel 9]. The nation will be invaded, conquered, and occupied by the beast [Abaddon-Apollyon in the little horn, human king of the northern Middle East] and his followers for 42 months. [Jeremiah 30; Ezekiel 38; Daniel 11:41, 12:7; Micah 5; Zechariah 14; Luke 21; Revelation 12]
A believing remnant of the nation will turn to the Lord during His hour [time] of trial [time of Jacob's trouble] and these will discover and accept the kingship of their Messiah. [Jeremiah 30; Matthew 24:15-16; Zechariah 14:4-5; Revelation 7:1-8]
There is another dimensional component related to human civilization revealed in scripture. We do not detect this with our limited senses, but the Bible contains a great deal of information and its significance to human existence.
This is the parallel dimension of the spirit world of fallen angelic creatures of whom some have been, are, and will be involved with human civilizations. This interaction is allowed by the Lord and is subjected to His control by degree of restraint. [Daniel 10; Revelation 12:3-4; 12:12]
The trend has been from a higher to a lower more restrained level of interaction since the beginning of human existence and it will increase dramatically at the end of this present age during the time of the end.
The pre-deluvians had a very high level of satanic infestation including the co-habiting of fallen angelics and human women; this condition ceased during the post flood era and was greatly restrained; the Lord's first advent brought even further restraint by the sending of His holy spirit which has predominated up to this very day.
This is trend going to take a dramatic swing in reverse at the end of this present age and the Lord will greatly diminish restraint against satan's interaction with humanity on a scale never experienced in the past. [2Thessalonians 2:3-12]
Satan lost his position and authority in the Lord's government because of his rebellion and intransigence. His focus has been on corrupting and destroying humans since Adam and Eve were created and he still pursues these objectives today.
The Lord addresses satan as gog in Ezekiel 38, identifies his place of origin on the earth as the land of Magog [the upper Tigris/Euphrates River basin], and calls him the "chief" prince of Mesheck and Tubal.
This description is an example of satan's involvement with humanity in the early stages of human settlements in the Middle East shortly after Noah's flood.
The Lord uses these ancient location identifiers to pinpoint satan's future operation on the earth at the time of the end of this present age. His involvement with the two early ancient commercial centers of Mesheck and Tubal describe his connection and rule over these trading centers located in the land of Magog.
The developments of human organization into cities, larger city/states, and empires all become targets of satanic exploitation. Satan is the "chief" prince of the other fallen angels who follow and participate in his strategy of corrupting the human race on a worldwide scale.
Visions contained in Bible prophecy are specifically focused upon the Middle East and the human civilizations that have existed there since the flood; the scope of the visions is limited by the Lord for His specific purposes.
He is drawing attention to this area of the world today as we move closer to the reality of His second advent .... He has delayed this event, but will come to the earth again just as the prophetic scriptures tell.
The Middle East is the central theme of the visions of the Bible prophets and is very much in the focus of today's current news headlines. Many nations are involved and vexed by the instability and conflicts taking place involving a returned remnant part of Israel and the nation's surrounding militant Islamic enemies. [Psalms 83; Ezekiel 38]
All of this picture is specifically presented in the visions of the Bible prophets for the time of the end of this present age.
I believe the stage is setting up in the Middle East for the final drama involving the Lord's second advent and His contention with satan and the nations of the unbelieving world.
This last segment of Bible prophecy will begin at a time [date] which is not revealed in scripture. The Lord has said that no one can know the start time for coming the 7 year period of the time of the end of this present age.
A remnant part of the nation has returned to the land of Israel and exists there today. The Lord has brought them from the nations of the world in part to be in place to experience the last 7 years [the time of Jacob's trouble .... Jeremiah 30] which will include His judgment of their nation and the world for unbelief.
This period will include events that lead to the visible return of the Israel's Messiah and King, and His rule of the earth for 1,000 years. Most of the world's population including Israel will not survive the Lord's judgments of the 70th week.
The Lord's view of the lost world of unbelieving humanity at the time of His coming hour of trial is symbolized by Mystry Babylon the great in the book of Revelation. [Revelation 14:8; 17:1-18; 18:1-21; 19:2]
Humans began to build cities shortly after the flood. The initial concept was to create interdependency and collective structure for the purpose of self determination apart from the Lord's providence and direction.
The city is the model that is still used today for the same purposes and it is the nucleus of human populations that fills the dominion or kingdom ruled by human political authority.
The society that is created is symbolized by a "woman" who is separated from a relationship with the Lord. One of the first cities was Babel and many others were built between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East.
The symbol of "Mystery Babylon the Great" is derived from Babel [confusion of languages], one of the first cities built after the flood. All spoke a common language until the Lord intervened.
His purpose was to halt the building process and to scatter the inhabitants by limiting their communications. He would prefer that humans live separate nomadic life styles with dependence upon His direction and care.
Babylon is also the literal name of the ancient city of Babylon which was the center of the Babylonian Empire ruling the Middle East during the 6th century B.C.
Nimrod, a descendant of Ham, was one of the first human leaders (kings) and he built Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar. This was the beginning of his kingdom (dominion)in the land of Shinar. [Genesis 10:6-10]
Later Asshur, a descendant of Shem left Akkad in the land of Shinar, and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth, Calah, and Resen. These cities were located further north and west of the land of Shinar in the land of Magog [northern Iraq]. [Genesis 10:11]
His kingdom (dominion) was the beginning of the Akkadian/Assyrian Empire which eventually ruled most of the Middle East by the 7th century B.C. These first cities established his dominion in the heart of the land of Magog. Magog's direct descendants were displaced by the Akkadian/Assyrian rulers.
Magog and his brothers Gomer, Mesheck, and Tubal, were descendants of Japheth and established the first initial settlements in this same area located between the land of Shinar and the land of Canaan.
This area was directly south of Mount Ararat and was the beginning of their habitations shortly after the flood. Further extents of this area were developed westward and southward toward the land of Canaan.
The two cities of Mesheck and Tubal were built in this land and were named after Magog's younger brothers. These two inland commercial centers traded with early Canaanite settlements on the Mediterranean coast.
Magog's other relatives Gomer and Togarmah settled in the northern extents (north quarters) of land of Magog. The rule of Magog's land eventually passed to the Akkadian/Assyrian political powers.
This same area of Magog's original settlements is where the little horn, human leader [satan's beast .... the little horn in Daniel's visions] will first appear at the end of this present age. [Daniel 8:9-12; 8:23-25; 11:36-45; 12:7; Micah 5:5]
He will begin with a smaller dominion there at first and then expand it to rule most of the Middle East. This is why the Lord has Ezekiel address satan [gog] and the land of Magog in Ezekiel 38 and 39.
The Akkadian king Sargon was the first to establish and rule over a system of combined city/states from this same area. All paid tribute and were subjected to his rule. This same area is in northern Iraq today.
The "position" of the human "king" is part of the composite model of the "woman" [the human inhabitants], and the king's "dominion" [head, mountain, kingdom] as it is described in the book of Revelation. [Revelation 17]
It is vital for the student of Bible prophecy to understand these symbols used to describe human organization that separates from a necessary relationship with the Lord.
Sargon's rule eventually covered most of both of the lands of Magog and Shinar and extended to the Mediterranean in the west and to the Persian Gulf in the east.
All of these early human habitations were designed and built on the concept of self rule apart from the Lord's providence and direction. This has been and still is the model of human civilization.
The city became the corporate center of the human king's power, following, support, and resources. Human organization of this type was a necessary component of the king's dominance over his kingdom.
He could develop political infrastructure, collect taxes, raise armies, and control these human populations within his kingdom. The next step was further expansion by conquering other peoples and their lands and adding them to the kingdom.
Human interaction creates the energy, synthesis, and motivation for the development of culture, social infrastructure, materialism, trade, commerce, false religions, and self determination.
This model of human design includes the human king "position" [government], the dominion [extent of the king's rule], and the habitant society [woman] that exists within the dominion.
It also creates the potential for expansion by alliance and conquest. The world has experienced continuous warfare and human decadence; and human civilization has been conditionally responsible for mass death and destruction in many ways, both physically and spiritually since the beginning of time.
The Lord is against this man made model of human civilization because it is built upon the fallen condition of human nature, and because it excludes His interaction.
Human behavior can and does become antagonistic toward Him beyond His tolerance. When this happens His judgment can fall and can be sudden and brutal.
Human societies are collectively and individually lost without a relationship to Him and this can lead to an individual's eventual spiritual death and elimination.
The model produces an environment packed with deceptions, distractions, seductions, and misleading influences which can prevent humans from finding out the truth about their existence and future survival.
There is a contrasting theme presented in scripture involving the social context of this model. The Lord called Abraham to leave the city of Ur and the Sumerian culture for the land of Canaan about 1,000 years after the flood. [Genesis 12:1-4]
There he was to establish [father] a nation and city that would be set apart from all others. The land of Israel and the city of Jerusalem was to be the human organization model of contrast.
It was to be an example to the world of a nation and city under the providence and direction of the Lord. He would be their King and they would be His people.
The relationship was eventually traded by Israel for the ways of the other cities and nations of the earth, but the Lord has and is still honoring his agreements with Israel of whom some [a remnant part] will eventually accept and obey Him at His second advent. [Isaiah 11; Jeremiah 30; Ezekiel 36,37; Daniel 9]
He came to be the king of the nation of Israel 2,000 years ago and He was rejected by His own people and was and is also rejected by all other nations for the most part. [Romans 11:1-36]
The scope of the visions of the Bible prophets ends with His rejection 2,000 years ago .... and resumes again including events that will lead up to His visible return and presence on the earth. [Daniel 9:24-27]
He will come again the second time at the end of this present age and His kingdom [dominion] will extend over the entire earth and He will rule from Jerusalem. [Daniel 2; Micah 4; Revelation 20]
Israel's early intransigence caused the Lord to bring judgment against the nation by allowing the surrounding nations to attack, destroy, and occupy their land. The Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans were all examples.
He sent prophets to the nation to warn of impending judgment if Israel did not turn to Him and repent of their intentional behavior towards Him.
The same prophets recorded their visions in the Old Testament and these visions also include related events that are yet future from today. The nation was expelled entirely from the land by the end of the first century.
The Lord scattered Israel to reside in the very nations that He brought against them from which they are to return for the future and second advent of their Messiah and King.
They will experience a time of unprecedented trouble almost to the point of total extinction in the land of Israel and on a worldwide scale at the end of this present age. [Jeremiah 30; Zechariah 14; Matthew 24]
This will take place during the last 7 years of the 70 weeks of years decreed for Israel. [Daniel 9]. The nation will be invaded, conquered, and occupied by the beast [Abaddon-Apollyon in the little horn, human king of the northern Middle East] and his followers for 42 months. [Jeremiah 30; Ezekiel 38; Daniel 11:41, 12:7; Micah 5; Zechariah 14; Luke 21; Revelation 12]
A believing remnant of the nation will turn to the Lord during His hour [time] of trial [time of Jacob's trouble] and these will discover and accept the kingship of their Messiah. [Jeremiah 30; Matthew 24:15-16; Zechariah 14:4-5; Revelation 7:1-8]
There is another dimensional component related to human civilization revealed in scripture. We do not detect this with our limited senses, but the Bible contains a great deal of information and its significance to human existence.
This is the parallel dimension of the spirit world of fallen angelic creatures of whom some have been, are, and will be involved with human civilizations. This interaction is allowed by the Lord and is subjected to His control by degree of restraint. [Daniel 10; Revelation 12:3-4; 12:12]
The trend has been from a higher to a lower more restrained level of interaction since the beginning of human existence and it will increase dramatically at the end of this present age during the time of the end.
The pre-deluvians had a very high level of satanic infestation including the co-habiting of fallen angelics and human women; this condition ceased during the post flood era and was greatly restrained; the Lord's first advent brought even further restraint by the sending of His holy spirit which has predominated up to this very day.
This is trend going to take a dramatic swing in reverse at the end of this present age and the Lord will greatly diminish restraint against satan's interaction with humanity on a scale never experienced in the past. [2Thessalonians 2:3-12]
Satan lost his position and authority in the Lord's government because of his rebellion and intransigence. His focus has been on corrupting and destroying humans since Adam and Eve were created and he still pursues these objectives today.
The Lord addresses satan as gog in Ezekiel 38, identifies his place of origin on the earth as the land of Magog [the upper Tigris/Euphrates River basin], and calls him the "chief" prince of Mesheck and Tubal.
This description is an example of satan's involvement with humanity in the early stages of human settlements in the Middle East shortly after Noah's flood.
The Lord uses these ancient location identifiers to pinpoint satan's future operation on the earth at the time of the end of this present age. His involvement with the two early ancient commercial centers of Mesheck and Tubal describe his connection and rule over these trading centers located in the land of Magog.
The developments of human organization into cities, larger city/states, and empires all become targets of satanic exploitation. Satan is the "chief" prince of the other fallen angels who follow and participate in his strategy of corrupting the human race on a worldwide scale.
Visions contained in Bible prophecy are specifically focused upon the Middle East and the human civilizations that have existed there since the flood; the scope of the visions is limited by the Lord for His specific purposes.
He is drawing attention to this area of the world today as we move closer to the reality of His second advent .... He has delayed this event, but will come to the earth again just as the prophetic scriptures tell.
The Middle East is the central theme of the visions of the Bible prophets and is very much in the focus of today's current news headlines. Many nations are involved and vexed by the instability and conflicts taking place involving a returned remnant part of Israel and the nation's surrounding militant Islamic enemies. [Psalms 83; Ezekiel 38]
All of this picture is specifically presented in the visions of the Bible prophets for the time of the end of this present age.
I believe the stage is setting up in the Middle East for the final drama involving the Lord's second advent and His contention with satan and the nations of the unbelieving world.
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