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As we noted earlier, the seven years left of the four hundred and ninety years which God has ordained To finish transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, and To anoint the Most Holy, comprise a period of two thousand five hundred and fifty five days (2555).

 

Three hundred and sixty-five days (365) multiplied by seven years (7) equals (2555) days.

 

The two witnesses prophesy for a total of 1260 days.

 

Revelation 11:3 "And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."

 

After the two witnesses are killed by the beast, their dead bodies will lay on the place where they were killed for three-and-a half days.

 

Revelation 11:9 "Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves."

 

The beast who kills them will rule the world unopposed by any godly authority for 1290 days.

 

Daniel 12:11 "And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away (when the two witnesses are killed), and the abomination of desolation is set up (after the two witnesses are resurrected), there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days."

 

If we add up 1260 and 1290 days it equals 2550 days, five days short of the 2555 days in a seven-year period. Since there is a time lapse of three-and-a-half days between the two witnesses being killed and before they are resurrected, after which Evil will be physically demonstrated by the setting up of that which is abominable, it means that God has placed a time parenthesis between these two very specific events.

 

Revelation 11:11-12 "Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them (the two witnesses), and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, 'Come up here.' And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them."

 

In accordance with God's grace, of which the law is a shadow of, an opportunity must be given for the elect who remain, to flee at the end of these 1260 days before the fullness of the measure of Evil is set up as the abomination that causes desolation which ushers in the last 1290 days.

 

Matthew 24:15-16 "Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains." Paranethesis are in the original text.

 

It is clear that this time parenthesis between the end of the 1260 days of the judgment of the curse of the law, and the beginning of the demonstration of the fullness of Evil is to allow those Jews who will be chosen at that time, both male and female, to repopulate the nation of Israel during the millennial reign of Christ to find a place of shelter where they can physically hide until Evil is fully demonstrated and judged at the end of the 1290 days.

 

Zechariah 14:5 "Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, for the mountain valley shall reach to Azal…"

 

Shall reach to Azal: This is a reference to the Day of Atonement on which two goats are selected.

 

Leviticus 16:7-10 "He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat (Azazel in the Hebrew). And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord's lot fell and offer it as a sin offering. But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented (physically) alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness."

 

These two goats represent the nation of Israel on their final Day of Atonement at the end of the 1260 days, under what I refer to as the curse of the law. This is the time when God will complete the judgment of the nation of Israel under the fullness of His law which they failed to keep. Thereby completing the duration of their punishment, which is four hundred and ninety years, after which their sins are once and for all purged.

 

Azazel translated as scapegoat is a Hebrew word that means goat of departure. It comes from the root word Azal, which means to go away, hence, to disappear.

 

During the 1260 days of the whole earth under God's law, one third of the earth's population who are left after the rapture will be killed. As far as the nation of Israel is concerned, many of the Jews that will die during this time period are representatives of the goat on which the Lord's lot fell. They are offered as a sin offering, and will be resurrected when the two witnesses are raised.

 

However, there is a remnant that will be kept physically alive. They will be the ones chosen to flee to Azal and disappear for the remaining three-and-one-half years left of their allotted time for their judgment to be fully completed.

 

Revelation 12:14 "But the woman (the remnant of Israel) was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent (who will rule during these last 1290 days)." 

 

Let us keep in mind that during the unveiling of these last seven years, before God can anoint the Most Holy, God will have to complete the judgment of three entities whose judgments have yet to be completed, before we can enter the Day of Rest.

 

These three entities are the dispensation of Grace, which the church age represents. When the Philadelphia church is taken up and away in the rapture and the Laodicea church is left behind, the judgment of the church age ends, and marks the beginning of the seven years of God's final judgment upon all who dwell on the earth.

 

Israel is the representative of the dispensation of Law. Their judgment takes place under the law during the 1260 day period of the Day of Atonement, and it is completed at the end of the 1260 days, when one goat is chosen to be a sin offering and the other is sent into the wilderness to be kept safe until the remaining 1290 days judgment of the Kingdoms of this World takes place.

 

The kingdoms of this world will be represented by Evil incarnate, the antichrist, after the woman is safely tucked away in her place of refuge to await the completion of the second part of the seven years.

 

If you have been following the math, there seems to be one-and-a-half days missing. The two witnesses are resurrected after being dead for three-and-a-half days completing the 1260 days of their prophesying, but before the 1290 days begin.

 

God is that precise! Every minute and every hour is accounted for.

 

1260 + 1290 + 3.5 days = 2553.5 days, which falls short of the 2555 days that comprise a seven year period. Short by one-and-a-half days. What happens during this remaining time is a mystery.

 

Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only."

 

Jesus is clearly referring to the Day of Atonement when the two goats are presented before the High Priest and the lots are cast, and one is taken away to live, and the other one is left to die.

 

Matthew 24:40-41 "Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left."

 

Revelation 13:10 "If anyone is to go into captivity (may be a reference to go away, hence, to disappear) into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed." NIV

 

I believe Scripture teaches that time will stop after the two witnesses are resurrected, before that day comes to an end in the evening time. Somehow all the time keeping devices, man-made and natural, all around the cosmos will stop for an undetermined amount of time. 

 

But of that day and hour no one knows not even the angels of heaven.

 

It is hard to imagine an event when we cannot keep track of time because of worldwide and diverse mechanical failures, but think about it, evening comes, and it is still daytime. The heavenly bodies cease their time keeping motions and the computers try to cope with the loss of their internal clocks which is what keeps them on time.

 

I know that this is not a subject that you have probably heard about. I know I never heard anyone teach it, but Scripture has a lot to say about this future event, for it is the main feature point of the Day of the Lord's Wrath.

 

Zechariah 14:7 "It shall be one day which is known to the Lord—neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen, that it will be light."

 

The key to understanding this unique day is by finding the answer to the question why? What is so important about this day that prompts God to pause time?

 

Jeremiah 33:20-21 "Thus says the Lord: 'If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season, then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests (who are responsible for offering the required sacrifices before the Lord—which will ceased to be offered at that time), My ministers.'"

 

As soon as the two witnesses are removed from the earth and seeing that the faithful church has already been removed from the earth, there will be no godly agency on earth to represent God before man. The two witnesses are representatives of Israel and the church. They are the two agencies responsible for manifesting the Law and Grace of God before men. Also known as Judeo Christian values, which many in the world have already renounced.

 

Daniel 12:11 "And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days."

 

The very day when the two witnesses are resurrected from the dead, the evening that is supposed to bring an end to that day will no longer be bound to God's seasonal covenant between day and night. Desolation means vacant, meaning the throne of David is empty. The covenant has been broken and sacrifices have ceased. Evening time will refuse to usher in the night at its appointed time.

 

This astonishing event will serve two very important purposes.

 

The first is that there is no godly agency representing God on the earth after the two witnesses are resurrected and taken away. That means that David has no son left on the earth to reign in his throne and there are no priests left to serve God in His temple. 

 

Remember that Jesus who has been ruling on the earth through His church for two thousand years is seen by Scripture as the righteous heir to David's throne.

 

Once the age of God's Grace and the dispensation of Law are completed and the daily sacrifices are taken away, the way is cleared for the antichrist to receive the dragon's power, throne, and great authority ruling the earth for 1290 days; Evil will have his day and his way.

 

The second purpose is to aid those who are fleeing through the mountain valley to Azal, the physical place where they are taken away to disappear.

 

It is my belief that the prophesying of the two witnesses will begin on a Sabbath day and will end on a Sabbath day, seeing that 1260 days are divisible by seven.

 

That means that they will be killed at the beginning of the week. The day after the Sabbath day, which completes the 1260 days of their prophesying, and after lying dead for three-and-a-half days they will be taken up and away. It is at that time the abomination that causes desolation takes place, meaning there is no anointed covering left on the earth for the faithful who remain on the earth at that time.

 

The chosen Jewish remnant must flee and take refuge in one of three cities of refuge.

 

Matthew 24:15-16 "Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains." Parenthesis not mine

 

Those fleeing will still be under the law which limits them as to how far they can travel on the Sabbath day, even if being pursued by those who are trying to kill them.

 

Judging from what Hosea the prophet wrote, it will be a three-day journey before all the remnant will reach their appointed destination. As long as the evening does not start, the sun does not set, the Sabbath cannot begin. Allowing those fleeing to reach their destination without fear of violating the Sabbath.

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Matthew 24:20 "And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath."

 

Moses commanded the children of Israel to build six cities of refuge. Three east of the Jordan river and three west of the Jordan river, where those who were responsible for the accidental shedding of blood could find refuge until they stood before the congregation in judgment.

 

Numbers 35:14 "You shall appoint three cities on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall appoint in the land of Canaan, which will be cities of refuge."

 

At the completion of the day of atonement the scapegoat is chosen to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness, where the woman which represents the chosen remnant of Israel, so that she might fly into the wilderness to her place of refuge.

 

Daniel 11:41 "He (the antichrist) shall also enter the Glorious Land (Israel), and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand; Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon."

 

The two things that all three of these places have in common is that they are all east of the Jordan river, and all three will at first escape the wrath of the antichrist who is in hot pursuit of the fleeing remnant of Israel at that time.

 

Revelation 12:15-17 "So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman (the fleeing remnant of Israel), that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring (the goat offered as a sin offering), who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."

 

It is at this time that the feet of Jesus will split the mount of olives, and half of the mountain will move north, and the other half will move south creating a large valley that will allow the chosen remnant to flee to Azal across the Jordan river to the three remaining cities of refuge.

 

Zechariah 14:4 "And in that day (the day that time will stop before the evening takes place) His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west, making a very large valley; half of the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south."

 

The Mount of Olives faces Jerusalem on the east side, blocking the escape route that will lead those fleeing Jerusalem eastward to cross the Jordan river to gain access to the caves that will act as the cities of refuge during this time. By splitting the mountain half north and half south, Jesus creates a very large valley that will give those fleeing a direct path to their destination.

 

Zechariah 14:5 " Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, for the mountain valley shall reach to Azal (the place of refuge where they will disappear into)…"

 

Jesus not only creates a path for them, but He also gives them the necessary time needed to reach their destination before the Sabbath begins.

 

Zechariah 14:6-7 "And it shall come to pass in that day (the day that they flee through the mountain valley) that the light shall not be clear, nor dark. But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light." KJV

 

This is their destination, Azal, which will serve them as their cities of refuge during this time.

 

Isaiah 2:19 "They shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, from the terror of the Lord and the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth mightily." 

 

As soon as the entire remnant reaches their destination time will start up once again. Which begs this question, what time and what day will it be when evening and morning are restored?

 

Daniel 7:25 "He (the antichrist) shall speak pompous words against the Most High, shall persecute the saints of the Most High, and shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time (1290 days)."

 

When time resumes the antichrist will introduce a new order of time keeping and will start a new calendar.

 

Since our present calendar is based on the day that Messiah Jesus was born in the nation of Israel, it is safe to assume that on the very day that Evil is consummated in human flesh, and with the opportunity to reset time the antichrist will mark the start of a new calendar, with a new year and a new date that will point to this accomplishment of Evil ruling over our physical realm without godly opposition for the first time in human history.