When the rapture of the ecclesia takes place it will take seven years before Christ returns to the earth in Person. In those seven years significant events will take place both in heaven and on the earth.
Events in Heaven
- Assemblage of raptured saints in the atmospheric heaven.
- Issuance of Identification plates with names written on both sides.
- Judgment Seat of Christ for the presentation of crowns and other rewards.
- First Banquet at the second heaven. “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies …” (Ps 23:5). This event will take place in the second heaven where Satan’s headquarter is located.
- Presentation of saints as a group to the Father at the third heaven where God is seated on His throne.
- Marriage of the Lamb.
- Preparation for Kingdom Rule.
- Marriage Supper of the Lamb. This event will take place on the last day of the Tribulation Period.
Events on the Earth – First 3½ years
- Manifestation of the Antichrist as a man of peace.
- Confirmation of a covenant between Israel and her Arab neighbors based on the “Abraham Accords Peace Agreement” by the ‘Man of Peace’ who is the Beast according to Daniel 9:27.
- Emergence of 144,000 Jewish Evangelists scattered all over the world.
- Introduction of the number of the Beast as a credit card system ostensibly to control the economy and ration scarce food supply.
- Rebuilding of the Jewish Temple and reinstatement of temple worship.
- Israel persuaded to give up her nuclear arsenal.
- Battle of Gog: Russia and her allies invade Israel. The invaders will be destroyed supernaturally.
- Destruction of a fourth of the world population. “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.” (Rev 6:8)
Events on the Earth – second 3½ Years; wrath of God unleashed on earth
- Two Special Witnesses Moses and Elijah appear on the scene from heaven, takeover from the 144,000 evangelists the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom for the remaining one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
- The First Beast as Antichrist occupies the rebuilt Jewish Temple in Jerusalem declaring that he is “God” and demands to be worshiped after erecting an abomination in the rebuilt Temple.
- Rapture of the 144,000 Jewish Evangelists alive from Jerusalem.
- The Second Beast known as False Prophet enforces worship of the First Beast by making the Mark of the Beast compulsory. Public execution for those who reject the Mark on the forehead or right hand begins.
- Antichrist destroys the World Church that helped bring him to power.
- Environmental changes take place around the world. Revelation judgments bring the wrath of God on man and creation.
- Destruction of one-third of the remaining world population.
- Assassination of the Two Special Witnesses.
- Signs in heaven.
- Resurrection and rapture of the Two Special Witnesses.
- Rapture of tribulation martyrs; a great multitude.
- Sign of the Son of Man in heaven coming with the ‘clouds’ representing the saints and holy angels.
- Christ lands on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem to confront an assemblage of world forces at the plain of Megiddo in Israel for the Battle of Armageddon.
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