The Significance of Prophetic Symbols in Biblical Eschatology
The Coming of the Son of Man
(The Correct Order verse 28 comes before verse 27)
Luk 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, (1780) and in the stars; (1833) and upon the earth distress of nations, (1914-1917 WW-I) with perplexity; (WW-II) the sea and the waves roaring; (From WW-II to present thus all the bru-ha-ha about Climate change )
Luk 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : (The Current Iran/U.S./Israeli WAR) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken . (As the Missiles/Bombs reek destruction and the heavens appear to be on fire. )
Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass , then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh .
Luk 21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. (We are NOW THERE in the stream of time. Jesus is COMING soon! )
This is where we are right now!
Mat 24:6-8 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, (ethnicity against ethnicity) and kingdom against kingdom: (nation against nation) and there shall be famines, (Soon to appear as farmers can’t get fertilizer to plant crops, thus food is going to become scarce ) and pestilences, (will result as bodies under the rubble will breed diseases’) and earthquakes, in divers places. (are currently taking place all over the world ) All these are the beginning of sorrows.
The Next Events
Mat 24:9,10 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. (This is a warning to Gods servants ONLY) And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. (Because of God’s Servants are standing strong upon His Word, and the world at large standing strong on traditions which are not biblical. This will create social religious upheaval and chaos upon the earth within the Christian religion )
Mat 24:12-14 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel (truth) of the kingdom (His KINGDOM) shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations ; and then shall the end come .
What gospel truth was Jesus speaking of here? Well it’s Revelations 14:6-11 & then verse 12 which reads: “
1st Angel
(The everlasting/eternal gospel) in contrast to the false gospel.
Rev 14:6 -11 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people , (all the waters) Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters .
The WATERS
Rev 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
The Fallen Church
(2nd Angel)
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication .
The warning about the Mark of the Beast
(The 3rd Angel)
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture (without any Mercy) into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Who has "worshiped the Beast and his image?" ANSWER: (All the World)
How have they done this? ANSWER: (By following the traditions of men) above the written Word of God!
There is a false gospel preached that IS NOT “everlasting, not eternal” , it has been preached now for more than 1705 years, but this gospel found in Revelations 14:6-11 IS the “everlasting and eternal gospel”, it has only been preached for (182 Years) and only the saints of God can recognize it , as is stipulated in verse 12 below.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. This especially points to the fourth commandment concerning the Seventh Day Sabbath, God’s HOLY DAY not man’s tradition. This is what the Catholic Church fears the most , because it reveals their heresy and false gospel. And since all the Protestant churches today came out of the Catholic Church during the Reformation years 1517-1798 A.D. they all have followed after the beast in the keeping of the churches tradition over the written Word of God. This is why the 1st Angel calls humanity back to the everlasting gospel!
The everlasting gospel, the eternal gospel is the “ keeping of the commandments of God, and having the faith of Jesus. NOT faith in Jesus although it’s required to believe, but the faith of Jesus (the faith that) took Him all the way to the cross to die for the truth of heaven , and the final everlasting gospel that is preached by the (first angel) IF BELIEVED will cause some of God’s people at the very end to pay for their beliefs with their very lives unto death , the same way Jesus did. This is what Jesus meant here in: Mar 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. The (the) here in the phrase ( the cross) is the definite article, it’s not just any cross it’s the cross of Christ “the cross.” The same cross He chose, (the cross of self-denial unto death .)
“Rev 14:6,7 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters .
This is an angelic herald that points directly back to the writings of Moses in Exodus 20 verse 11 and includes the seventh day Sabbath . “For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, (which included the fountains of waters) and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. “This is the everlasting gospel, the gospel that will be carried over into eternity, NOT the watered down gospel preached today by false prophets . Therefore, the Sabbath (Seventh Day) plays in integral part in the true everlasting/eternal gospel as proclaimed by the angel of God.
When Jesus said this in:Mar 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: The natural question then is (when was the Sabbath made for man?) Was it at the end of creation week, or was it made long before the creation of man in which God knew He was going to create (man) to observe it (within a weeks time) as well as those in heaven who already observed it from eternity past? We know that mankind did not exist from eternity past, but the Sabbath has existed from eternity past and when God made mankind in Adam and rested on the seventh day of creation week, it wasn't a new thing for God to rest, the verse simply says that God rested from His creative work of making this earth inhabitable for human life.
Gen 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
QUESTION: Why did God rest? God doesn't get tired or exhausted, He is GOD! God simply ceased from His Divine FIAT spoken creation, but God wasn't tired or exhausted. God rested as an example to humanity that they should rest every 7 days to spend time with Himself, that is why Jesus said "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath!
Based off the Word of God, and the actions of Jesus when He worshiped on the Sabbath day which the scripture says "was His custom" Luk 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. Was it His custom from birth in Nazareth or since He is the eternal God the Creator who made the seventh day Sabbath, was the custom of Jesus as a man i.e. the Son of Man, only a custom He followed here on earth as a man, or has the Sabbath always from eternity past from this time "been His custom?" His day of worship from eternity past. So the Lord (kept a human custom!) WHY? Was it because He was made a man as all other men are, or was it because He is God and He changes NOT that He kept the seventh day Sabbath? Mal 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Therefore, if God doesn't change and we know Jesus is God, and has been so from eternity past, present, and will be so in the future and since He had a custom as a man to keep the Sabbath seventh day, then because of His foreknowledge and His Divinity, Jesus didn't just adopt a custom from Joseph and Mary and had the custom of seventh day repose and worship of the Father from eternity past because He doesn't change, He is consistent in all that he does. Which is why the Lord said in:Luk 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. Does this mean that Jesus had a separate will from that of the FATHER? NO! Not at all! As the "Son of God" Jesus has the exact same will as that of the FATHER, however as the "Son of man" Jesus had a mans will, and His own Divine will, while He was upon the earth, and here He relinquished that will of man as the Son of man, for the WILL of His heavenly FATHER. Jesus as the Sun of Righteousness also has the exact same Divine Will as that of the FATHER.
The everlasting gospel cannot be preached without the Sabbath Seventh day, they are intertwined within each other. You cannot have one without the other! They ( the everlasting gospel and the Sabbath Seventh day i.e. Saturday) are a SINGLE UNIT that cannot be separated, and will NOT be separated throughout eternity with God as we see here in: Isa 66:22 ,23 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
NOW! Who has lied to you? Your pastor/minister/preacher/Sunday school teacher/ fake theologian/Christian apologists/church denominations OR GOD, and since it’s impossible for God to tell a lie, there’s only one rational answer, only one conclusion you can reach FOR the answer to the question ? ARE YOU WILLING TO BELIEVE? You have to answer the question honestly before God in your own heart i.e. mind. But. Friends there’s not a lot of time left for you to do so , and you can’t believe something someone else says to you , you can only believe it if you research it and God makes you aware of it to the point that you cannot be shaken from the everlasting gospel, which is as vast as the Universe of God itself.