Endnote 263 (back): Psalm 79:2-3. They have left the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild. They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
Endnote 264 (back): Zechariah 14:2. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. [One explanation for the half that are not taken from the city is that they are to be spared. Under the circumstances, it seems more likely they remain there to be executed.]
Endnote 265 (back): Micah 5:1. Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a rod.
Endnote 266 (back): Psalms 79 and 80. [Quoted in text.]
Endnote 267 (back): Zechariah 14:4. On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.
Zechariah 12:9. On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.
Endnote 268 (back): Joel 3:2. I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat [that is, the Kidron Valley]. There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel, because they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land. [The scene depicted is intended as only the first stage of the prophecy’s fulfillment.]
Endnote 269 (back): Zechariah 14:4. On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.
Endnote 270 (back): Zechariah 14:5. You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
Endnote 271 (back): Zechariah 14:6. On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness.
Endnote 272 (back): A detailed discussion of Yom Kippur or ‘Day of Atonement’ and the reasons for believing the return of Messiah will occur on Yom Kippur can be found at sites such as http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Yom_Kippur/yom_kippur.html.
Endnote 273 (back): Matthew 24:28. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
Revelation 19:17-18. And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.”
Endnote 274 (back): Isaiah 64. [Quoted in text.]
Endnote 275 (back): Psalm 118. [Quoted in text.]
Endnote 276 (back): Matthew 23:39. [Quoted in text.]
Endnote 277 (back): Zephaniah 3:9. Then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him shoulder to shoulder.
Endnote 278 (back): Zechariah 14:6-7. On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. It will be a unique day—a day known only to the LORD—with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.
Endnote 279 (back): Joel 3:16. The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble.
Endnote 280 (back): Revelation 19:11a. I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True.
Endnote 281 (back): Isaiah 34:4. All the stars in the sky will be dissolved and the heavens rolled up like a scroll; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like shriveled figs from the fig tree.
Matthew 24:29. Immediately after the distress of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
Mark 13:25. …the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
Luke 21:26. People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
Endnote 282 (back): Matthew 24:27. For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Matthew 24:30. Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. [Cruciform – meaning shaped like a cross.]
Endnote 283 (back): Isaiah 25:9. In that day they will say… [Remainder quoted in text.]
Endnote 284 (back): Luke 9:29. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.
Endnote 285 (back): Revelation 19:11. I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
Endnote 286 (back): As to the number of angelic beings attending Christ, we have verses such as the three below.
Daniel 7:10b. Thousands upon thousands attended him [God]; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.
Jude 14. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones.
Revelation 5:11. Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.
As to their appearance, the Bible speaks of angelic beings in several forms. Most references are to those who have the general appearance of men; Daniel 8:15-16 and 10:5-6 (see below) provide two of many examples of this. On only one occasion (Zechariah 5:9, see below), the Bible presents angelic beings that are clearly female in appearance. And, as Revelation 4:6b-8a (see below) describes, angelic beings may appear in many other forms.
Daniel 8:15-16. While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man. And I heard a man’s voice from the Ulai calling, “Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of the vision.”
Daniel 10:5-6. I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like topaz, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
Zechariah 5:9. Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
Revelation 4:6b-8a. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings.
Endnote 287 (back): Matthew 24:31. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Mark 13:27. And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
Jude 14-15. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
Revelation 17:14. They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.
Endnote 288 (back): Revelation 19:14. The armies
of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
Endnote 289 (back): Daniel 7:11a. Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking.
Endnote 290 (back): Mark 13:26. At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
Luke 21:27. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Revelation 1:7. Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.
Acts 1:11. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Endnote 291 (back): Revelation 19:13. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
Endnote 292 (back): Revelation 1:13. …and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. [Revelation 1:17-18 reveals this to be Jesus.]
Endnote 293 (back): Revelation 19:16. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Endnote 294 (back): Ezekiel 33:11. Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! …’
Ezekiel 18:23. “Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” declares the Sovereign LORD. “Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?”
Matthew 18:14. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
2 Thessalonians 2:10b. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
2 Peter 3:9. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Endnote 295 (back): Revelation 1:15b. … and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.
Endnote 296 (back): Revelation 19:12a. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. [See also Revelation 1:14.]
Endnote 297 (back): 2 Thessalonians 2:8. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
A similar description is seen in the following. “The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him; his rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure; one little word shall fell him.” Martin Luther, A mighty Fortress is Our God, verse 3.
Endnote 298 (back): Zechariah 14:13. On that day people will be stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.
Endnote 299 (back): Zechariah 14:13. On that day people will be stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.
Endnote 300 (back): Revelation 14:17-19. Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.
Endnote 301 (back): Zechariah 14:12. This is the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Endnote 302 (back): Revelation 19:21. The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
Endnote 303 (back): Daniel 7:11. Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
Daniel 7:26. But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever.
Revelation 19:20. But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Isaiah 16:4b. The oppressor will come to an end, and destruction will cease; the aggressor will vanish from the land.
Endnote 304 (back): Isaiah 24:21-22. In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below. They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days. [Both the demonic princes (including Apollyon/Christopher) and their earthly counterparts will be punished. The faces of those on Earth change (e.g., Hitler, Stalin), but the demonic princes remain the same.]
Endnote 305 (back): Revelation 14:19-20. The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia. [1,600 stadia is about 180 miles or 300 kilometers. The Kidron Valley, also known as the Valley of Jehoshaphat is on the east side of the Old City of Jerusalem, which is about 100 miles from Petra. The other 80 miles presumably accounts for the forces gathered by the “kings from the East,” referenced in Revelation 16:12.]
Joel 3:12-13. Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side. Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow—so great is their wickedness!”
Isaiah 63:1-4. 1 Who is this coming from Edom [that is, southern Jordan], from Bozrah [that is, Petra], with his garments stained crimson? Who is this, robed in splendor, striding forward in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, proclaiming victory, mighty to save.” Why are your garments red, like those of one treading the winepress? “I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing. It was for me the day of vengeance; the year for me to redeem had come.” [Isaiah sees Christ coming from Bozrah/Petra, his garments stained with the blood of the followers of the Antichrist.]
Revelation 19:15c. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
Endnote 306 (back): Isaiah 34:2-3. The LORD is angry with all nations; his wrath is on all their armies. He will totally destroy them, he will give them over to slaughter. Their slain will be thrown out, their dead bodies will stink; the mountains will be soaked with their blood.
Endnote 307 (back): Zechariah 14:6-7. On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. It will be a unique day—a day known only to the LORD—with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.
Endnote 308 (back): Revelation 1:16b. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
Revelation 22:5b. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.
Endnote 309 (back): Matthew 25:21 and 25:23. [The two verses are identical.] His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!
Endnote 310 (back): Revelation 1:5b-6. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
> Revelation 5:9-10. And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
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