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INDIA IN BIBLE PROPHECY
Chapter 4
Indians in Bible Prophecy
Since north Indians are Israelites heavily mixed with other Indians, prophecies concerning Israelite nations do not apply to them. Similarly since the Brahmins are Chaldeans heavily mixed with other Indian races among whom they live, prophecies concerning Chaldeans in the Bible do not apply to them. Jews live probably in almost every country in the world. Prophecies concerning Judah do not apply to them. They apply only to the modern Jewish state of Israel. In most cases, prophecies concerning Cush and Phut apply to the north Indians and the Brahmins as well.
But Bible prophecy in the end time concerns virtually all peoples and catastrophic events will engulf the entire world. These general prophecies apply to all nations. But prophecies specific to Cush (Ethiopia; both words mean black) and Phut apply to India exclusively in some instances and to Ethiopia and Libya exclusively in other instances which will become apparent as we read certain Bible verses.
To understand how prophecies apply to India and Indians, we will follow the chronological framework of prophecy revealed in the messages of the 7 seals of the book of Revelation. This framework is discussed in detail in the author’s booklets titled “World in Bible Prophecy” and in outline form in his shorter booklet titled “Summary of Sequence of End Time Events.”
Where are we now in Bible prophecy?
The world has now reached the stage when there is 'delay no longer' in fulfillment of end of the end time events. This was prophesied in Revelation 10.
Revelation 10:1-4(NKJV): "And I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven… And he had a little book open in his hand...and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. And when he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices. I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them."
The message that the seven thunders uttered was sealed till the time of the end. The message that was revealed to John which he recorded in the book of Revelation was about the Great Tribulation for physical nations of Israel. The sealed message could pertain only to spiritual Israel, which is God’s Church. This is the message that John was told not to write.
But this message about getting God's Church back on track was to be revealed in the end time and has already been revealed to Mr. Gerald R. Flurry, Pastor General of the Philadelphia Church of God, which he has detailed in his booklet “Malachi’s Message” and has been delivering to the Church for the past 24 years. After this would be accomplished, the angel indicated to the apostle John that there was to be delay no longer. This is recorded in Revelation 10:5-6(NKJV): "And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be delay no longer."
After the world entered the period of no longer any delay in fulfillment of end of the end time prophecies, the next event to follow in sequence was recorded in Revelation 10:11(NKJV): "And he said to me, "you must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues [meaning in many languages], and kings."
In the end of the end times, the message of God’s Church is to be focused on explaining prophecies in all languages of the world that various peoples, nations and kings [rulers] are going to fulfill.
Most dramatic fulfillment of this prophecy has already taken place, and takes place every week in a way that nobody ever imagined. The author has been delivering these messages on prophecy since December 2, 2006 every Saturday at 9.00 a.m. USA Eastern Standard Time (for a few years the messages were delivered at 11 a.m.) which are then being broadcast by God’s angels to every human being on earth in his or her language. Any human being can tune his or her ear and will receive that message every week in his or her own language. God has fulfilled this prophecy. Whether a human being chooses to listen to the messages or not is his or her own responsibility. But God still makes the message available through His angels every week.
Since there is no longer any delay, fulfillment of end of the end time prophecies can begin at any time. The sequence of the prophetic events is provided in the messages of the seven seals beginning in Revelation 6:1.
Five alliances that will play important roles in world events include: a) German led European Alliance of ten rulers or nations (called the ten horns), known as the Beast or King of the North; b) The American, British and Jewish Alliance, known as the House of Israel and House of Judah; c) The Roman Catholic Church worldwide, with the leader known as the False Prophet, or the Little Horn, or Beast; d) Islamic Alliance with much of Africa, with its leader known as the King of the South; and e) The Eastern Alliance known as the Kings of the East.
1. NEXT EVENT: THE GREAT THIRD WORLD WAR – FIRST 4 SEALS
The very next prophesied end-time event is the Great Third World War that will make the Second World War look like a small battle. This event is described by messages contained in four symbolic seals in Revelation 6:1-8 (NKJV – New King James Version):
“1 Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, "Come and see." 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. 3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come and see." 4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword. 5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come and see." So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius [a day’s wages], and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine." 7 When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see." 8 So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.”
The first seal with its rider on a white horse symbolizes religious deception; the second seal with its rider on a red horse, the great world war itself, which will be followed by wide spread famines as a result of the war, as symbolized by the rider on a black horse of the third seal. The famines are usually followed by disease epidemics soon after as symbolized by the rider on a pale horse of the fourth seal.
As a result of these four conditions and wild animal attacks on human beings, one-fourth of mankind will be destroyed. That means more than 1.75 billion people are going to die in this global war and its aftermath. (For a detailed interpretation of the various seals of the book of Revelation, please refer to the booklet “World in Bible Prophecy”.)
How does this prophecy apply to India?
Clarification was given by Jesus Christ to His disciples when He explained to them the conditions that will precede His return to earth, leading to end of man’s age. He said in Matthew 24:6-7 (NKJV): “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars...Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom."
The target of this world war is going to be the American/British/Jewish alliance. The reason is simple. They still possess the greatest natural resources in the world. In any other war Israelite nations immediately commence diplomatic efforts to end the fighting. But when they are the target themselves, no nations will be willing to help them.
No specific nations are mentioned that will lead the attack. But China considers the USA to be its No. 1 enemy, and the Germans are their allies. All indications are that the alliance will be a German-Chinese led global alliance. Jesus indicated that in this war, 'nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom'. This likely means that when nations are engaged in warfare with Israelite countries, many countries will feel free to settle their differences or old scores with other nations through war. So in addition to war with the Israelite Alliance, many other nations will be fighting with other nations. When Israelite nations are themselves engaged in a global war, other nations will feel free to settle their differences. Even within nations many ethnic conflicts will likely flare up.
Many Indian states are in an alliance with the Germans, particularly the states with heavy Cushite and Phutite populations. As alliance partners of the Germans they will be obligated to contribute efforts to the attack on the Israelite Alliance and also attack the North Indian Israelites mixed with other Indians, now living in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal Pradesh and Western Uttar Pradesh.
Since the prophecy says nation will rise against nation, it’s quite possible that South Indian Tamils in support of the Sri Lankan Tamils may settle their differences by war with Sri Lanka.
An unpredictable factor is the Muslims of Pakistan. In this world war there is certain to be fighting between Pakistan and India and perhaps within Pakistan itself.
There have been ongoing racial tensions in eastern states of India. Battles may break out among them as well since no one will likely intervene to defuse tensions.
Literally hundreds of millions of Indians could lose their lives in this Third World War which will be fought on Indian soil.
2. TOTAL MILITARY DEFEAT OF THE USA/BRITAIN/ISRAEL ALLIANCE – 5TH SEAL
The next prophesied event will be the total military defeat of the alliance between the USA, Britain and the modern Jewish state of Israel as pictured by the fifth seal in Revelation 6:9-11 (NIV):
"When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, 'How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood? Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow-servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed."
The military power that will defeat them will be an alliance of two powers: a Europe-centered alliance led by a German dictator called the Beast or the King of the North in prophecy. This alliance will have the support of ten kings or rulers in Europe. Allied with the beast will be the Islamic world (Psalm 83: (NKJV): "Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold your peace, and do not be still, O God! For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; and those who hate You have lifted up their head. They have taken a crafty counsel against Your people [physical nations of Israel], and against your sheltered ones [God's Church, part of which will already have fled to a place of safety]. They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more." For they have consulted together with one consent; they form a confederacy against You; the tents of Edom [whose descendants are the Palestinians and most Turks] and the Ishmaelites [the Arabs]; Moab [southern parts of Jordan] and the Hagarites [Syrians and north Arabians], Gebal [Lebanon], Ammon [northern parts of Jordan] and Amalek [a branch of Edomite Palestinians and also spread over some of the Muslim states of Central Asia], Philistia [the Gaza strip] with the inhabitants of Tyre [southern Lebanon, Hezbollah]. Assyria [Germany] also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot [Moab and Ammon in Jordan].)"
We must be cautious here because the exact location of the descendants of these ancient peoples is uncertain. In addition to the above indicated countries, these peoples may be spread over many other countries, but still generally in the region indicated.
This alliance includes practically the entire Arab world. The psalm also mentions 'the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites'. This means that the Turks and the Arabs will invite other Muslim countries and their citizens who would be willing to fight in their armies in the fight ['Jihad'] against the Israelites [USA, Britain, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the state of Israel]. Occupation of Jerusalem will be one of their goals.
There are strong indications here that many Muslims from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh will likely choose to join the Islamic armies and thus the Alliance with Germany. It also does not preclude the Indian Cushites and Phutites or other nations from joining the German led alliance in this war that will defeat the America/British/Jewish alliance.
3. THE GREAT TRIBULATION
After the military defeat of the US/Britain/Israel alliance, the three and a half year long Great Tribulation begins as pictured by the 5th seal. It is a time of unprecedented trouble for the American, British and Israeli slaves and the remnant of God’s Church that was not taken to the place of safety. They are hated by all nations with deep hatred born of envy and satanic influence (Matthew 24:9: “9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.”)
The goal of the nations is to obliterate their name from the face of the earth by murdering all of them (Psalm 83). The nations that hold them captive treat them extremely harshly. As a result of this harsh treatment, 90% of the slaves will die. Only one-tenth of the original population that went into slavery will survive the Great Tribulation, and that too because Jesus Christ will return to earth and rescue them.
The American/British/Jews will be sold as slaves around the world. Isaiah 1:11-12 (NKJV) mentions the countries from which God will rescue the slaves: “11 It shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, from Assyria [Germany and central Europe] and Egypt, from Pathros [southern Egypt] and Cush [Sudan, Ethiopia and India], from Elam [Iran and perhaps eastern Europe] and Shinar [Iraq, northeastern Syria and Southeastern Turkey] , from Hamath [northwestern Syria] and the islands of the sea [or coastlands of the sea, or literally from all around the world]. 12 He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth [meaning all parts of the world].”
This indicates that Indians will engage in the slave trade buying and holding the Americans, the British and Jews as slaves. They will treat their slaves brutally, probably killing 90% of those they hold.
But they will continue to receive warning. Just before the war that defeats the American, British and Jewish alliance, two of God's prophets (or witnesses) will begin warning the world to repent of its sins, and not to mistreat their captives, or they are going to suffer the wrath of God. Some will not heed, but the two witnesses will bring God's plagues on them (Revelation 11:3-6 (NKJV): "3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. 6 These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.”)
Indians who mistreat their slaves will suffer these plagues at the hands of the two witnesses. The warning by the two witnesses to all nations will be based on the prophecy of the prophet Obadiah 1:15: “15 "For the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; your reprisal shall return upon your own head.” Nations will be warned that those who starve their slaves will die of starvation. Those who kill them with thirst will die of thirst. Those who kill them brutally will themselves die a brutal death in the day of the Lord, the last one year of the Great Tribulation when God pours out His wrath on all nations.
In addition to the two witnesses, God will use some of the slaves as well to issue a warning to their captors. Those who pay heed to these warnings could receive God’s protection and come out alive through the Great Tribulation. This is also explained later in the sealing of the 144,000 of Israelites and protection of multiple millions from all nations.
During the Great Tribulation, the Islamic Alliance and their allies will be engaged in troubling and looting the other Israelite nations in Europe: France, Switzerland, Ireland, Scandinavian and Benelux countries by trying to force them to pay tribute for their sea-borne International trade. They will be warring throughout the Great Tribulation, decimating the population of these Israelite countries. But they will not succeed in defeating them militarily and enslaving them.
4. BREAK-UP OF THE EUROPEAN ALLIANCE WITH THE ISLAMIC ALLIANCE AND NATIONS OF THE EAST
During the first two years of the Great Tribulation, the German led European Alliance will be using the Islamists to control the commerce of the world, mainly for their own benefit. Nations will gain by trading with the Europeans, but they will begin to resent the control over their commerce. They feel they should not have to pay any fees or customs duties for trading their goods, which are making the Europeans rich. The Islamists also begin to feel they have to do all the dirty work, but the Beast (German dictator) and the false prophet (pope of the Roman Church) are taking most of the benefits.
After two years of the defeat of the U.S./Britain/Israel alliance, trouble begins to brew in the Beast's alliance with the Islamic alliance and other nations in the East. The leader of the Islamic Alliance (by this time a leader would be in place, known in prophecy as the King of the South) will begin to "push at" the Beast or King of the North, and commit some war-like acts. These 'push at' actions take place over a six month period. But this break-up provides some relief to the slaves in the Islamic and other nations (Hosea 6:1-2).
Nations in the East will have been aware of the break-up taking place between the King of the North (the Beast) and the King of the South (leader of the Islamic alliance). They too had become highly resentful of the Europeans high-handedness and will already have begun preparing for an all-out war before the end of the two years. They will already have been engaged in diplomatic activity to form an Eastern Alliance. This alliance will most likely be led by Russia. Indians will join the Eastern Alliance.
5: GREAT EARTHQUAKE AND METEOR SHOWERS – 6TH SEAL
Close to the end of the two and a half years of the Great Tribulation a great worldwide earthquake and frightening meteor showers signal the coming start of the terrible events of the “Day of the Lord,” the one year of God’s wrath on the nations as pictured by the sixth seal (Revelation 6:12-17: “12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?").
Indians will suffer the ravages of the great earthquake and meteor strikes on the earth with the rest of the world.
6. SEALING OF THE 144,000 AND PROTECTION FOR MILLIONS
Near the end of two and a half years of the Great Tribulation, when the “Day of the Lord” is about to begin, God sends angels to seal 144,000 of the physical tribes of Israel (The American, the British, Jews worldwide – including those held captives - Scandinavian countries minus the Danes, Switzerland, Ireland and the Benelux countries). They were engaged in warning the world that the religion of the Beast and the False Prophet is a false religion of the devil and nations should not take part in it by worshipping the image or idol of the beast or they will be destroyed (Revelation 7:1-8). These 144,000 will later be changed to immortal beings (which will include some of the slaves who warned their captors about approaching God’s wrath and hence to repent) in the first resurrection at the return of Jesus Christ.
Besides these, millions of all nations [including many Indians] who will have heeded the warning given by the two witnesses and God’s Church as well as the slaves among them and did not give in to the false religion of the Roman Catholic Church, did not worship the image of the beast or take his mark will be guaranteed protection during the events of the next year, known as the Day of the Lord (Revelation 7:9-15: “9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"…13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?" 14 And I said to him, "Sir, you know." So he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb [meaning repented of their sins and accepted the blood of Jesus Christ as payment of the death penalty on their behalf for their sins, and made a commitment to not sin again]. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. ) God will guarantee that they come out alive through the Great Tribulation and serve in His temple when Jesus Christ sets up God’s kingdom.
7. ATTACK OF THE KING OF THE NORTH ON THE KING OF THE SOUTH; 'DAY OF THE LORD BEGINS'
FIRST 4 TRUMPETS OF THE SEVENTH SEAL (Revelation 8:1-12)
The 'Day of the Lord' is the last one year of the three-and-a-half year long Great Tribulation. It is the time of God's wrath and punishment on non-Israelite nations for their mistreatment of their Israelite captives and for their own sins, and Israelites who worshipped the image of the Beast and gave in to the false prophet’s religion. They will not have heeded the warning of the two witnesses of God.
The first event in the 'Day of the Lord' is the attack of the King of the North on the leader of the Islamic Alliance, or the King of the South for "pushing at" him through perhaps some war-like acts such as using the oil weapon. The war is described in Revelation 8:7-12: “Revelation 8:7-12 (NKJV): "7 The first angel sounded; and hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. 8 Then the second angel sounded: and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea [the sea here referred to is the Mediterranean Sea], 9 and a third of the sea became blood; and a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10 Then the third angel sounded: and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water; 11 and the name of the star is Wormwood [or Bitterness]; and a third of the waters became wormwood; and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter. 12 Then the fourth angel sounded: and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened; and a third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night."
This is a description of no small war. Initially perhaps a nuclear missile attack [part of the whirlwind] burns up a third of the trees and all green grass with a great loss of human life. This corresponds to the first angel’s trumpet blast. In the trumpet blast of the second, a ‘great mountain’ likely means an asteroid strikes the Mediterranean Sea which destroys a third of the sea life and a third of the ships. This may be God’s direct intervention against the Islamic Alliance.
At the trumpet blast of the third angel the ‘great star’ burning like a torch could be another asteroid or a meteorite falling on land in the Middle East which somehow poisons much of the sources of fresh water, resulting in much loss of life. And finally at the trumpet blast of the fourth angel the King of the North will likely set oil wells ablaze. Smoke from the oil well fires, and dust and smoke from the war would cause a third of the sun, moon and the stars to be darkened. The loss of population of the countries in the Islamic alliance could be huge. This war will also be of very short duration.
In this war, the King of the South is defeated, and the King of the North loots the specific North African countries in the Islamic alliance listed in Daniel 11:40-43 (KJV): “40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. 41 He shall enter also into the glorious land [land of the Jewish state of Israel], and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans [the western branch in Libya and not the eastern branch in India] and the Ethiopians [the western branch in Ethiopia and not the eastern branch in India] shall be at his steps.”
Moab, Ammon are Jordan and Edom is Turkey. They will not be occupied by the Beast’s forces, perhaps because they remain as allies with the Beast, or because news from the east stop the King of the North in his tracks and he wants to immediately organize his regional headquarters in the holy land.
8. ATTACK OF THE BEAST ON THE EASTERN ALLIANCE
FIFTH TRUMPET OF THE 7TH SEAL (Revelation 9:1-11)
When the Beast attacks the Islamic countries, the countries in the Eastern Alliance [including India] see an opportunity. They had already been making military preparations. When they see the beast engaged in war with Islamic countries, they begin preparing for war with him. The news of these plans reach the Beast and he goes in great fury to destroy them (Daniel 11:44: “44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.”)
The beast makes a pre-emptive strike on the nations of the east with biological weapons. But the beast is not able to control the effect of the biological weapons, and the entire world is affected by the germs. The Eastern Alliance also has matching biological weapons and uses them. The pain and suffering will be worldwide and so horrible that people will seek death, but will not find it. The effect of these biological weapons lasts 5 months as described in Revelation 9:1-11(NIV):
“1 Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. 3 Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months [those tormented will include almost all Indians as well except the millions who are protected by God at the time of the sealing of the 144,000]. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them. 7 The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. 9 And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. 10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. 11 And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon [destroyer, meaning Satan].)
The apostle John had seen these weapons in a vision. This was the best description he could come up with. These appear to be helicopter like weapons (perhaps drones designed to evade radar), used to deliver biological/chemical weapons.
God will provide supernatural protection only to the 144,000 who were sealed by Him and tens of millions of others [including Indians] because of their repentance during the Great Tribulation (Verse 4).
9. COUNTERATTACK OF THE EASTERN ALLIANCE ON THE BEAST
6TH TRUMPET OF THE 7TH SEAL
At the end of the five months, the Eastern Alliance countries [including India] counterattack the Beast and his global allies with a 200 million man army. In this war, one-third of the world's population is destroyed as described in Revelation 9:13-31 (NKJV):
“13 Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year [the actual time the eastern alliance will have been preparing for this war with the Beast or German dictator], were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them…18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed--by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths… 20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. 21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.”
This war is going to result in more than 1.6 billion dead in the war itself, and perhaps many more in its aftermath. The Beast's Europe-centered alliance is going to suffer terribly in this war. Their own nations are going to be devastated with Germany suffering the most. But the Germans are not completely destroyed yet as a large part of their army will be in Jerusalem and around it with the German dictator himself being there.
Despite this punishment nations including Indians do not repent of their sins. God’s purpose in punishing mankind is to get their attention to see that they need to stop sinning against God and man by violating God’s laws.
10. JESUS CHRIST RETURNS, DEMANDS SUBMISSION TO HIS RULE AND RELEASE OF ISRAELITE SLAVES
7TH TRUMPET AND ITS FIRST FIVE BOWLS OR PLAGUES
After the war between the Beast and the Eastern Alliance, matters have come to a stage where the Beast and the Eastern Alliance are contemplating using all weapons at their disposal against one another. If this was allowed to happen, all living things could be destroyed from the earth (Matthew 24:21-22: “21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.)”
But precisely at this time Jesus Christ returns to earth with a great trumpet blast and like lightening flashing from the east to the west to put an end to man’s madness under Satan’s influence. The whole world will see this event (Revelation 11:15: “15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"; and Matthew 24:27: “27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.”)
At the return of Jesus Christ, all the saints of God who remained faithful to the end of their lives during the 6,000 years of man’s history will be resurrected to eternal life and will accompany Jesus Christ. This is the first resurrection.
Jesus Christ first preaches the gospel of the Kingdom of God through three mighty angels. One angel announces the good news of God’s Kingdom on earth. The second angel announces the judgment of the great whore, the Roman Catholic Church, and the third angel announces God’s judgment on those who receive the mark of the Beast (Revelation 14:6-11). Jesus Christ also demands that the nations [including Indians] release their Israelite slaves. The nations do not repent, and do not want to release their Israelite slaves. As a result Jesus Christ pours out His plagues on the nations. These 5 plagues include a loathsome, foul smelling sore upon those who had the mark of the beast; the Mediterranean Sea and then rivers and springs of water around the world turned to blood; mankind scorched with great heat; and the throne of the Beast and his kingdom become full of darkness (Revelation 16:1-11).
These plagues make the nations [including Indians] hopping mad, and Satan and his demons also arouse them to war with Jesus Christ (Revelation 16:13-14 quoted below).
11. NATIONS ATTACK JESUS CHRIST WITH A MASSIVE ARMY GATHERED AT ARMAGEDDON
6TH AND 7TH BOWLS OR PLAGUES OF THE 7TH TRUMPET
Because of what they suffered from the plagues that Jesus Christ poured on them, the nations gather at Armageddon (or 'Hill of Megiddo' in the state of Israel) to attack Jesus Christ. A massive army perhaps more than a hundred million strong is gathered from all around the world [including from almost all of India]. This will be the largest concentration of armies in one battlefield in the history of man (Revelation 16:12, 16). Then they go to Jerusalem for the attack, where Jesus' headquarters are located. But the nations are defeated and their armies totally annihilated. This is the 6th bowl or plague, described in Revelation 16:12-16 (NKJV):
“12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon [Satan], out of the mouth of the beast [German dictator], and out of the mouth of the false prophet [pope of the Roman Church]. 14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth [including Indians] and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15 "Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame." 16 And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.”
The annihilation of these armies of the world is described in Zechariah 14:12: "And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: 'Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, and their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.'"
The result of this war is that the blood flows out from the soldiers in the army, making a huge river of coagulated blood, bodies and weapons of soldiers that is about four feet deep and 184 miles long (Revelation 14:19-20).
Not only are the armies of the nations that come to Jerusalem destroyed, Jesus Christ further pours out His wrath on the nations for having sent their armies to attack Him. There is a massive, global earthquake the like of which the world has never before experienced in its history. All the cities and mountains are leveled; ocean floor rises so that there are no more islands left. There is massive loss of human life. In addition, there is a great hail with huge hailstones weighing 100 pounds each falling on human beings and killing them. This is described as the 7th bowl or plague of God’s wrath poured out on the nations (Revelation 16:17-21 (NKJV):
“17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!" 18 And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. 19 Now the great city [Jerusalem] was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon [the European Alliance also known as the 7th resurrection of the ‘Holy Roman Empire’] was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. 20 Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21 And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent [100 lbs each]. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.”).
The end result of all this is that very few human beings are left alive (Isaiah 24:6: "6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.”) The population of the earth left alive as a result of the earthquake and the hail perhaps could be less than 100 million.
However, there is a great positive outcome from the earthquake. More land becomes available for cultivation. The deserts disappear; mountains and plateaus are leveled and become fertile land. Even the land under the permafrost thaws and becomes available. More fresh water becomes available all over the world, and because the floor of the oceans rises in many places to form land, the mineral wealth of the oceans becomes available for man's use.
With the greatest ever earthquake and the plague of great hail, the 1,260 days of the Great Tribulation will end. The 1,260 day count started after the 30 days of the war that defeated the American, British and Jewish alliance and ends when the plague of great hail from heaven is poured out.
12. RESCUE OF THE SLAVES AND THE MUCH LARGER SECOND EXODUS
After the nations are subdued, Jesus Christ’s first task will be to rescue the American, British and Jewish slaves. His promise is that this task will be accomplished in 45 days. That is the meaning of the 1260, 1290 and 1335 days mentioned in Daniel 12:7, 11-12. These days mean 30 days of the war, 1260 days of the Great Tribulation and 45 days to get to all the slaves and rescue them.
All the surviving slaves will be brought to Jerusalem and the Land of Israel (Isaiah 11:11-12, 15-16; 43:5-6; 49:22-23). This Exodus will be much greater than the first Exodus of ancient Israel from Egypt (Jeremiah 23:7-8).
13. JESUS CHRIST BRINGS THE CULPRITS TO JUSTICE
Jesus Christ will then bring the culprits to justice who led by Satan brought all these catastrophes on earth. When the ten rulers who supported the Beast (the German dictator) and gave him their power realize that the wondrous miracle working pope was a false prophet and preacher of lies, they turn on the Roman Church - described as the 'great whore' in Bible prophecy (Revelation 17:1). They burn the entire leadership and the clergy alive that they can lay their hands on (as this clergy would have caused some members of God’s Church and others who resisted their false religion to be burnt alive). Not one will be left alive (Revelation 17:16-18).
Jesus Christ's next task is to bring the perpetrators of this worldwide carnage to justice. The Beast and the false prophet - the pope of the Roman Catholic Church - are captured alive and thrown into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 19:20).
Next is the turn of the Edomites (some of whose descendants live in Turkey, parts of Jordan, perhaps others in the Middle East and Central Asia, and Palestinians), the Europeans and all others who occupied Israel. For their part in enslaving the Israelites (the Americans, British and the Jews of Israel) and mistreating them and killing many, and for warring with the other nations of Israel (France, Switzerland, Ireland, the Scandinavian and Benelux countries) after the defeat of the USA/Britain/Israel alliance, they are to be utterly destroyed. Not one Edomite, or any of the occupiers of the holy land will be left alive. This destruction will come at the hands of the former American, British and Jewish slaves now rescued (modern descendants of Joseph and Judah of the Bible) (Obadiah 1:15-16, 18).
Germans, the human instigators of all this carnage too will be brought to justice by Jesus Christ in His own way. The end result of their punishment will be that so few Germans will be left alive on the earth that a little child will be able to write their number (Isaiah 10:17-19). The number of Germans who survive will perhaps be in the teens, or a few dozen, living in a few villages. But after some centuries they will eventually grow into a nation during the millennium (or 1000 - year reign of Jesus Christ on the earth) (Isaiah 19:23-25).
14. GOD’S KINGDOM ESTABLISHED AND MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB
After all the nations are subdued and there is no more opposition from human rulers to the rule of Jesus Christ, God’s kingdom is established on earth. The establishment of God’s Kingdom is celebrated with a great feast and marriage of the Lamb. This is when Jesus Christ symbolically marries His Church (the saints collectively, who have been resurrected to eternal life). The marriage of Jesus Christ is mentioned in Revelation 19:6-9.
15. SATAN BOUND AND IMPRISONED
Finally, Satan, the original instigator of all evil on the earth is bound and imprisoned in solitary confinement in the abyss for the 1000 years of God's Kingdom on earth (Revelation 20:1-3). The demons are also imprisoned in the ruins of Rome, Italy (Revelation 18:2, 10). No human being will live there.
After the removal of Satan and his demons from rulership of the earth, Jesus Christ will rule as King of kings [kings refers to saints of God] and Lord of lords [the lords also refers to the saints] in God’s Kingdom (Revelation 11:15). The saints of God who were resurrected to eternal life at Jesus Christ's return to earth will also reign with Christ as kings and priests (Revelation 5:10) for a thousand years (Revelation 20:4). The world will at last begin to live in peace, harmony, great abundance and prosperity.
16. ONE MORE UGLY WAR IN WHICH INDIANS WILL TAKE PART
Initially not all of humanity will submit to the rule of Jesus Christ and the saints. After Jesus Christ has settled the American, British and Jewish slaves and the other tribes of Israel in the holy land and will have been ruling over the nations for anywhere between a decade or so but more likely about two generations (about 50 years), the Israelites will start becoming prosperous due to God’s blessings. Their prosperity and living in unwalled, unprotected villages will give perverse thoughts to the survivors of the Russians and Chinese and their Persian, Indian and South East Asian allies.
The attacking nations are mentioned in Ezekiel 38:1-7: “1 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog [talking primarily about China and eastern Russia], the prince of Rosh [Western Russia], Meshech [Moscow], and Tubal [Tobolsk in Russia], and prophesy against him, 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords. 5 Persia [Iranians], Ethiopia (or Cush) [most likely the eastern branch in south, central and east India, including Sri Lanka because all the nations of this alliance are in the east], and Libya (or Phut) [most likely the eastern branch in western India, and mixed with the Cushites in north and east India] are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 Gomer [Gomer gave rise to the Siamese (Thai), Burmese, Indonesians, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Laotians and Cambodians] and all its troops; the house of Togarmah [refers to Siberia, Mongolia, eastern Turkey] from the far north and all its troops -many people are with you.”
These nations will hatch a nefarious scheme to take over and loot Israelites in the holy land. They will attack with a huge army. But Israelites will not need to fight. Jesus Christ will destroy this army. The nations in the army will begin fighting each other, and Jesus Christ will bring on them rain, hail, fire and brimstone (Ezekiel 38:22). Ultimately only one sixth of the army will be left alive (Ezekiel 39:1-5: “1 Therefore, you son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 2 And I will turn you back, and leave but the sixth part of you, and will cause you to come up from the north parts, and will bring you upon the mountains of Israel: 3 And I will smite your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. 4 You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you, and all your bands, and the people that are with you: I will give you unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. 5 You shall fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, says the Lord God.”) to carry the tale of its defeat back to the nations and make their rulers aware that Jesus Christ who rules in Jerusalem is indeed the Almighty true Son of God. Ezekiel the prophet tells the entire story of this attack in chapters 38 and 39 of his book.
17. ALLOTMENT OF LAND TO NATIONS OF THE WORLD
After this incident, the nations will finally acknowledge that the God of Israel is the true Creator God and will be willing to listen to Him. Perhaps at this time, in the Jubilee Year (that is the 50th year) after God’s Kingdom will have been established, a division of countries for all the surviving nations will be made. Remember, the greatest ever earthquake in the history of mankind will have altered the surface of the earth. Mountains and islands will have disappeared. Oceans would have been reduced considerably in size. All lands will likely be joined into one land mass. Thus much more land will have become available for man’s use. The earth’s population would have recovered somewhat.
Just as Noah divided the land between nations soon after the Flood and sent out colonies, perhaps Noah will again be charged with the task of informing all peoples about division of the earth into countries for all nations, and they will be asked to move to their respective allotted lands. This time there will be no rebellion against God’s plan as there was in Noah’s day after the Flood. All peoples will go to their respective allotted countries.
In this allotment of land, India’s and the world’s population problem will be solved. A lot more fertile land will have become available.
18. HOW GOD WILL SOLVE HUMANITY’S PROBLEMS
To solve humanity’s problems, God will:
a) Set up one world government (Isaiah 9:6-7, Micah 4:1-3) with no more war (Micah 4:1-3: “He shall judge between the nations, and shall rebuke many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”);
b) Change every human being’s heart by giving everyone His holy spirit (Joel 2:8);
c) Nature of ferocious wild animals changed (Isaiah 11:6-9 (NKJV): “6 "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall graze; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, and the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”);
d) Reeducate the entire world in God’s way of life. (Zechariah 8:22-23; Micah 4:2-3; Jeremiah 31:34; Isaiah 11:9);
e) Transform the earth from scarcity to abundance (Amos 9:13, Isaiah 31:1-2, 6-7; 41:18-20);
f) Perfect global economic system based on free enterprise, with perhaps only 10% tax on the increase through the tithing system; no healthcare costs as Jesus Christ will supernaturally heal all the sick; no more war, policing and related expenditures, and
g) One world language making sharing of knowledge worldwide very easy (Zephaniah 3:9 “For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may call upon the name of the Eternal, to serve Him with one consent.”)
19) FINAL HUMAN CONFLICT – INDIANS DO NOT TAKE PART
After the 1000 years of God’s kingdom are finished, Satan is released from solitary confinement for a short season. He will first go to the demons to see which ones will be still willing to follow him after being away from his rule over them. Perhaps some of them will have made up their mind to not repent and change their ways and will join him. He will then go to deceive the nations one final time to attack Jesus Christ and the saints at Jerusalem. The Russians and the Chinese will be deceived by him and will come to Jerusalem for the attack. Fire from heaven will devour this army. Satan and the demons who joined him will be imprisoned, this time in the fire that will be burning at Jerusalem. Their fate is now sealed.
This battle is described in Revelation 20: 7-10: “Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and he will go to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth [After the allotment of land to the nations, descendants of Gog and Magog will perhaps have been allotted land in the four corners of the earth], Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city [Jerusalem]. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. And the devil who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet were cast. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
20) ALL OF HUMANITY RESURRECTED TO PHYSICAL LIFE
Immediately after this final Satan influenced tragic conflict, God’s plan now begins the process of offering salvation to all human beings [including all Indians] who have ever lived. All who died without being called, did not receive their chance for salvation. They are all now resurrected to physical life.
This is described in Revelation 20:11-13 (NKJV): "Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books [of the Bible]. The sea gave up the dead who were in it [this is talking partly about all who died in Noah’s Flood and are buried in the depths of the oceans], and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works."
All these human beings will be given God’s holy spirit, taught God’s way of life and their conduct after their resurrection will be judged according to the books of the Bible to determine if they choose God’s way and thus qualify for eternal life. They will live in God’s Kingdom with its abundance, prosperity, peace and harmony and will be able to contrast the fruits of living God’s way of life vs. living Satan’s way of life which they did in their former life. Happily most of humanity will embrace God’s way of life and qualify to receive eternal life as God’s literal sons and daughters.
The physical resurrection is also described in Ezekiel 37:1-14, 26-28. Jesus Christ also mentioned the second resurrection in Matthew 10:20-24, 12:41-42. Isaiah 65:20-25 points to these physical humans living for 100 years. This would allow sufficient time even for those who lived more than 900 years before the Flood to make changes to their life and character.
21) GOD’S SEVEN ANNUAL HOLY DAYS PICTURE GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION FOR ALL MANKIND
God’s seven annual holy days picture God’s plan to offer salvation to all of mankind.
The Passover pictures the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins of all mankind, making eternal life possible.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread symbolized by removal of leavening put of our homes pictures diligently removing sin out of our lives so that we may be considered worthy to receive eternal life.
The Feast of Pentecost pictures the calling of only a few people by God during the first 6,000 of man’s history called the firstfruits, to give them their chance for eternal life. It shows that not every human being is called at this time to receive his or her chance for salvation at this time. Those who qualify by embracing and diligently living God’s way of life will be resurrected to eternal life at the return of Jesus Christ to earth.
The Feast of Trumpets pictures the return of Jesus Christ to earth and the resurrection of the firstfruits to eternal life to take over the kingdoms of the world.
After the kingdoms of the world have been subdued, Satan and the demons are put away for 1000 years and will not be able to influence humanity which makes it possible for humanity to be reconciled with God. This is pictured by the Day of Atonement.
The Feast of Tabernacles then pictures the 1000 years of the Kingdom of God and the reign of Jesus Christ to solve humanity’s problems which it could not solve itself. In the Kingdom of God every human being will be called and given his or her chance to qualify to receive eternal life.
The Last Great Day pictures the resurrection of all human beings who have ever lived and have not received their chance for eternal life to physical life. They will have their opportunity to live 100 years and qualify to receive eternal life as God’s literal sons and daughters by repenting of their sins, accepting the blood of Jesus Christ as payment of the death penalty on their behalf and then living God's way of life as described in the Bible.
22. FATE OF THOSE WHO REFUSE TO REPENT AND CHANGE
Although God in His great mercy will extend the opportunity for salvation to every human being born, some will still refuse to repent and accept God’s way of life. The Bible reveals that, rather than be tortured forever in an ever-burning hell, their lives will simply be permanently extinguished. They will cease to exist, and will be as though they had never been.
Revelation 20:15 reveals that, after the final judgment depicted by the Last Great Day, "anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire."
Revelation 21:8 adds, "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
These verses make absolutely clear that the fate of the incorrigible is clearly death, not eternal life of torture. Those who died but refused to repent will be resurrected back to physical life to be consumed in the Lake of Fire. This is the third resurrection. Their lives will be extinguished forever. Even their memory will be forgotten.
These incorrigibly wicked, along with Satan and the demons who led the final rebellion of humanity will all simply be consumed as the earth is set on fire to cleanse it. The fire will keep burning to finally consume the earth itself (2 Peter 3:7, 10-12).
23. A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH
After the present earth is consumed, God will then create a new heaven and a new earth (2 Peter 3:7, 11-12); Revelation 21:1-3) and God will dwell among former human beings now made immortal as His literal sons and daughters.
24. NEXT, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE
God has promised all things, meaning the entire universe, for man to inherit.
Revelation 21:7 (NKJV): “7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.”
Hebrews 2:6-8 (NKJV) also states: “6 But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You take care of him? 7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, and set him over the works of Your hands. 8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him.”
God said through Isaiah the prophet about the earth in Isaiah 45:18: “For thus says the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he has established it, He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.” If God created the earth to be inhabited, He certainly would not have created more than 100 billion stars in each galaxy with their planets in more than 100 billion galaxies in the universe to lie waste and empty. He created them to be inhabited at some time like the earth.
The picture is quite clear. After God’s plan of salvation for mankind on earth is complete, there will be a new beginning. What has been accomplished on earth, God’s sons [meaning former human beings now made immortal] will then accomplish in the rest of the universe, which Satan and the demons disqualified from doing.
Truly, as Paul declared in 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (NKJV): "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit."
25. THERE IS A WAY OF ESCAPE FOR EVERYONE
The author has used only the sure words of prophecy (2 Peter 1:19) to show what will happen in the world in the very near future. Prophecy also declares there is a way of escape from these catastrophic events.
Only one group in the world is promised protection throughout the entire three and a half years of the coming Great Tribulation: members of God’s true Church with the Philadelphian attitude as described in Revelation 3:7-11 (NKJV), “' 7 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 8 I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name…10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.”
Millions of others besides members of God’s Church will survive, but when the 7 billion population of the world is taken into consideration, the percentage surviving may be 1% or less. Those are very poor odds of surviving the troubles that lie ahead. The best chances of survival are promised for members of God’s Church who keep God’s word, meaning all His commandments and doctrines, have not denied that they worship the true Jesus Christ of the Bible, persevere in doing God’s work of warning the world of the coming catastrophes and proclaim the most wonderful news of the return of Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of the Kingdom of God, and endure to the very end while diligently doing these things. So the choice to become members of God’s Church and do God’s work to receive protection, or to stay in the world and watch along as events unfold and be engulfed by them along with everyone else is available to every Indian and every human being.
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