THIS DELAY WON'T LAST MUCH LONGER
Do not harm the
land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal
on the foreheads of the servants of our
God. (Revelation 7:3)
Many of you may recall
why I believe the Bible teaches that Gods
patience with Earth expired in the Spring of
1994. I believe the seven angels who stand before
God (Revelation 8:2) were given seven trumpets at
the end of the Great Week. * After
receiving the trumpets, four of the seven came to
Earth to release Gods wrath because
Gods patience with Earth had expired.
As the four angels were about to hurt this
planet, they were told to wait until the
144,000 were sealed. (See text above.) I can
think of two reasons for the delay: (a) God is
merciful. When His wrath commences, it is usually
overdue, and (b) with God, timing is everything.
God has delayed the Great Tribulation until
the fullness of time arrives.
*Note: The
Great Week consists of seven Jubilee
days and each great day is ten Jubilee cycles in
length. (7 x 490) Seven great days of 490 years
equals 3,430 years (1437 B.C. 1994).
There is evidence in the
Bible indicating the duration of sin is 7,000
years. If so, the total duration for sin could be
called a Grand Week.* Both David and
Peter indicate that a day with the Lord is like
a thousand years. (Psalm 90:4; 2
Peter 3:8) The idea of a Grand Week is further
enhanced by adding the historical record of the
Bible to the 1,000 years of Revelation 20. The
total number of years for sin adds up to 7,000
years! Will the Second Coming occur at the end of
six thousand years? Will the seventh millennium
be a sabbatical millennium? I Think there is
compelling evidence to support these conclusions.
The Bible also indicates
the Great Tribulation will be 1,335 days in
length. (Daniel 12:11,12) Lets suppose the 6,000th
year allotted for sin ends on April 5, 2008and
the exodus of the saints (the Second Coming)
occurs on Sunday, April 6, 2008. If this were the
case, the Great Tribulation would begin 1,335
days earlier, on August 10, 2004. I am not saying
these dated are accurate (at this time, no one
knows the date of the Second coming); rather, I
am presenting a model of What if.
Scientists use what if models
every day to study the unknown. Intricate
computer programs are created to examine a range
of possibilities in every science. This is not
time setting. This is time study and the Holy
Spirit encourages it! (1 Peter 1:10-12) Consider
the chart on the following page and keep it in
your Bible for further study.
If the four
winds of Gods judgments (Revelation
7: 1,2) have been delayed since 1994, we are
living in a short delay. The phrase, the
four winds is a word-picture of destruction
and upheaval. The release of the four winds in
Revelation 7 implies a potent, but unseen force
that will chaotically scatter and sweep away
everything in its path. When Gods wrath
commences, every survivor will fear God.
When the right day
arrives, Jesus will have sealed 144,000 people
and He will make a thunderous declaration.
There
will be no more delay! (Revelation
10:6) Because of space, the solemnity and
importance of this verse cannot be examined, but
a quick summary might be helpful. When Jesus
declares there will be no more delay, the sealing
of the 144,000 will be completed, the censer in
Revelation 8:5 will be cast down, the judgment of
the living will commence, the fourth seal will be
broken and the four deadly judgments of
Gods wrath (four winds) will be released.
These events will happen in rapid succession and
the whole world will be overwhelmed with the
wrath, strength, authority and power of the Lamb.
Think about these things. They are close.

This chart aligns the
first three prophecies in Revelation with respect
to time.
Prophecy # 1
Revelation 4:1-6:17, The worthiness of Jesus and
the six seals
1st seal
= Salvation through faith in Jesus alone
2nd seal =
Translation and distribution of the Bible
3rd seal = The
judgment bar of Christ begins dead judged
4th seal = The
Great Tribulation begins twenty-five
percent of Earth killed judgment of living
begins
5th seal =
martyrdom of the 144,000 prophets and saints
6th seal =
Second Coming
Prophecy # 2 Revelation
7:1-8:1, The 144,000, the numberless multitude,
the seventh seal
A = Four angels from
Gods throne prepared to harm Earth
Waiting = For the sealing
of the 144,000
B = Numberless multitude
standing around the throne after the Second
Coming
C = Seventh seal broken
at the end of the one thousand years
Prophecy
# 3 Revelation 8:2-9:21, The six trumpets
D = Seven angels given
seven trumpets
E = Censer thrown down,
global earthquake, peals of thunder, sheets of
lightening, mysterious voices
1st trumpet =
Fiery hailstorms
2nd trumpet =
Asteroid impact on an ocean
3rd trumpet =
Asteroid impacts on a continent
4th trumpet =
Ring of fire erupts volcano ejecta causes
darkness
5th trumpet =
Lucifer appears masquerading as God
6th trumpet =
Lucifers four angels kill one-third of
mankind
May the Holy Spirit grant
you wisdom as you study these deep mysteries of
the near future.
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