

Bible Prophecies Fulfilled

2012

by

Alan R Peters

http://www.alan-peters.com

Copyright

Alan Peters 2012

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Published at Smashwords

INDEX

Foreword

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Chapter 3 - The Creation of the State of Israel

Chapter 4 - The 2 Beasts, including 666 - identified

Chapter 5 - The War in Heaven – Satan Cast to Earth

Chapter 6 - The Angel of the Bottomless Pit - identified

Chapter 7 - The Gulf War - Oil Wells on fire in Kuwait

Chapter 8 - The Scarlet Woman and the Beast

Chapter 9 - The Final Prophecy

Chapter 10 \- Judgement Day

Chapter 11 \- A New Heaven and a New Earth

Chapter 12 \- Jesus confirms a Physical Resurrection

Chapter 13 \- Prophecies still to be fulfilled or not recognized - The 144,000 Chosen Ones

Chapter 14 \- America Destroyed

Chapter 15 \- The Tribulation

Chapter 16 \- Harvesting the Earth

Chapter 17 \- A Great Aerial War

Chapter 18 \- The Angel with the Little Book – a practical joke?

Chapter 19 \- The 4 Angels bound at The River Euphrates

Epilogue

Foreword

The Book of Revelation is the last book of the New Testament, written by John in approximately 93 AD. It is supposed to contain prophecies of what will happen in the "End Times", before the return of The Messiah and after Israel is living safely in its own country (Jeremiah 23 v 5/8). These prophecies are therefore relevant only from 1948 onwards.

Unfortunately, the book is largely ignored by Christians, because it is filled with references to "beasts", "dragons", "Satan", "fire & brimstone" and other non-worldly entities and images which modern civilization has decided are not relevant today.

People through the ages have tried and failed to decipher these prophecies. It is obvious, as you will see as the prophecies unfold, that they could not possibly have been understood until after 1948 and then only when the prophecies had already been fulfilled. What then, is the purpose of the Book of Revelation?

If you met a man who could demonstrate conclusively that he had given your friend a list of the last 10 consecutive winners at Newmarket, you would probably be inclined to believe that he could predict the next winner. You might even put a bet on it!

So it is with the Book of Revelation. When a large proportion of the prophecies are seen to have obviously been fulfilled, you should be inclined to believe that the most important event, The Final Prophecy, is worthy of some attention.

Unlike the other prophecies in The Book of Revelation, this one is quite clear and unambiguous, before it happens. We will deal with this prophecy at length, later in this book, after you have seen the prophecies which have been fulfilled so far and the few which are yet to happen

The thought occurred to me, many years ago, while watching a TV news bulletin during the Gulf War, that the smoke coming from the burning oil wells in Kuwait was like the reference in The Book of Revelation to "smoke going up from the bottomless pit". Following developments noticed through the continual news broadcasts, it soon became clear that this period also identified the "War in Heaven" between Michael and Satan and also the identity of the Beast 666.

As we _progress through this book, you will find that the prophecies about "Satan" and the "Beast" do not refer to the mythical Satan or an actual beast. They are merely words_ used by the author, some 2000 years ago, to describe objects for which he did not have the necessary vocabulary to express correctly.

So please read the first chapter of this book with an open mind, where you will be amazed to see that the vision of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse has already happened and was described, in detail by John, over 2000 years ago.

You may not even be aware of all the details of this event, but luckily, today, you can check everything on Google to verify exactly what happened and check that they were as claimed in this book.

You will discover here the amazing predictions which have already come to pass, including the creation of the State of Israel, the attack on the World Trade Centre, the Gulf War, the identity of The Two Beasts rising out of the sea, and many others.

I will deal with the Final Prophecy at length and discuss in non-religious terms what it really means. What no one can know is when it will happen, except that it will not be until all the other prophecies have been fulfilled and there are very few of these!

Christians and non-Christians alike will probably be shocked by the Final Prophecy, because the Book of Revelation completely contradicts the teachings of the established churches and the belief of its followers. Even those who think there may be another, spiritual existence after death, will be shocked by the revelation of the final prophecy.

The establishment will undoubtedly try to wriggle out of the apparent discrepancies, by claiming that The Book of Revelation is a "rogue" gospel but we will compare this prophecy with the actual teachings of Jesus and will find that what he said actually confirms the predictions in the Book of Revelation.

Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION

After the first 3 chapters, which are letters to various churches in Asia Minor and do not seem to be in any way prophetic, John's actual Revelation starts at Chapter 4.

You will see, as we proceed through the prophecies, that this prophecy is actually not the first chronologically. Nor are subsequent prophecies necessarily in chronological order. Prophecies are sometimes broken up, with some verses placed outside the main text of the prophecy. Nevertheless, the displaced verses are usually so unique and so incredibly relevant, that there can be no doubt that they relate to the same prophecy.

Revelation Ch 4:

After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open door! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, "Come up hither, and I will show you what must take place after this".

At once I was in the Spirit, and lo, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne! And he who sat there appeared like jasper and carnelian, and round the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald.

Round the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clad in white garments, with golden crowns upon their heads.

From the throne issued flashes of lightning, and voices and peals of thunder, and before the throne burn seven lamps, which are the seven spirits of God;

6 and before the throne there is, as it were, a sea of glass, like crystal. And round the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: The first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle.

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all round and within, and day and night they never cease to sing, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!

Remembering that John is being shown events which were going to happen in his future, in our present time, he would be struggling to find words to describe the modern artifacts like cars and aircraft which he would be seeing. If we were to substitute a modern man into John's place, the narrative might be different and could be something like this:

High above me was what appeared to be an opening into a craft of some kind, which was hovering above the ground. A loud voice, which resonated as if through an amplifier, said "come up here and I will show you what must come to pass".

At once I was lifted up, as if by some kind of force field and suddenly I was inside the craft. Before me was a man sitting in a chair but it was more than a chair. It reminded me of the seat on Captain Kirk's flight deck.

Around the room, each seated at his own control panel, were 24 other people, each clothed in close-fitting, one-piece white uniforms, each with a gold headset on his head.

Round about the leader's chair, loud noises, voices and static were coming from speakers and there were flashing lights from the many screens all around the room.

In front of his chair were seven small glowing screens. Directly in front of his chair was a large screen of what looked like glass and which I took to be the main screen of the control room.

Beside and around the main control chair, were four control boxes, two on each side, each containing small screens and numerous dials. One was inscribed with a drawing of a lion, the next with the head of an ox, the third with a man's head and the fourth with a large eagle in full flight.

Voices were coming non-stop from the control panels but I couldn't really understand what they were saying. I suspect they were in a foreign language.

Revelation 5 continues:

And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne, a book written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals and I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and break its seals?"

And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it. And I wept much that no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it.

Then one of the elders said to me, "Weep not; lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals."

And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth; and he went and took the book from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.

A Modern Translation might be more like this:

I saw in the right hand of the man who appeared to be the captain, a small box, with writing on the back and several buttons on the front. And one of the men said in a loud voice "who is going to open the seals?" I was a bit surprised when no-one seemed to know how to operate it, but I suspected they were having a bit of a laugh at my expense, because it looked to me to be just a simple remote control.

My face must have invoked a bit of pity because, on seeing my apparent distress, one of the crew volunteered to work the remote, which had seven buttons. He crossed to the one in the captain's chair and took the remote from his hand. He pressed the first button and the main screen came to life with the following revelation:

Chapter 2

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE

Although this is the first revelation after the "introduction" in the Book of Revelation, it is, as we have said, not the first event chronologically, having happened in 2001. However, it is frighteningly accurate and a good place to start.

Revelation ch.6

Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say, with a voice of thunder, "Come!" And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and its rider had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" And out came another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that men should slay one another; and he was given a great sword.

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a balance in his hand; and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm oil and wine!"

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him; and they were given power over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

Remembering that this is a vision of the "end times", in other words in our present time, these cannot literally be horses, because no one today goes to war on horseback. So either the horses are symbolic, or John is seeing something which his language does not have a word for. It is possible that the horses mentioned are, in fact, aircraft and the "riders" are the pilots.

If we are right that the 4 horsemen are 4 aircraft, they could be any 4 aircraft going anywhere, except for the commentary as the third "horse" departs.

Although the first two horses went forth with the riders carrying a "bow" and a "sword" respectively, the third was carrying a pair of scales. This is a very strange choice of weapon for either a horseman, or an aircraft, going into battle.

But the voice accompanying the vision says: "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius but do not harm the oil and the wine".

This is a clear reference to trading and it was, of course, the World Trade Centre which was the target of two of the 4 hijacked aircraft in the 911 atrocity. This is quite a startling reference but let us look for further confirmation that this revelation relates to 911, by examining some of the other unique features of the events surrounding the destruction of the Twin Towers.

If this is, indeed, the start of the narrative of 911, you might expect a description of the collapse of the towers and maybe even a reference to the number of casualties, since the number was extremely high for a peacetime event.

The original estimate for the number dead was widely quoted in the headlines of the daily newspapers at the time as being 7000, although this was subsequently reduced, weeks later, by 50% because a lot of people had somehow been counted twice or, in many cases, had not been at work at the time. But what were the other, really unusual, features of this event?

1. The building took a long time to collapse and, because of this, the bodies of the dead could not be removed immediately, for fear that the rescue workers would themselves be killed in the attempt. It was not until the 4th day that the bodies could be removed.

2 Across the USA and in Britain, some people rejoiced openly and held parties to celebrate the atrocity. This is not a normal reaction to such an event, although it must be said, it was only a small minority of extremists who did so.

3. The general public in the USA was outraged and called on President Bush to take action to avenge this atrocity but the official response to the people was that they must be patient and wait a while, before action could be taken to effect retribution.

4. The dead were finally removed from the streets and placed into white body bags on the fourth day after the attack. Because of the sheer number of the dead, there was a great shortage of body bags, which further hindered the removal of the corpses.

Now read what Revelation has to say about this event: It is partly in ch6 and partly in ch11

Revelation Ch 11v 9/13 (not in the correct order)

_(v12) And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying "come up here" and they (the aircraft)_ _ascended into heaven in a cloud_

_(v13) And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell;_ _seven thousand people_ _were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven._

_(v9) For_ _three days and a half_ _men from the peoples and tribes and tongues and_ _nations gaze at their dead bodies_ _and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb,_

_(v10) And_ _those who dwell on the earth_ _will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these_ _two prophets_ _had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth._

_(Ch 6/9) When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of_ _those who had been slain_ _for the word of God and for the witness they had borne;_

_(6/10) They cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true,_ _how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?_ _"_

_(6/11) Then they were each given a_ _white robe_ _and told to_ _rest a little longer_ _, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been._

Note that the events above are not all in the correct order in Revelation, either because the prophecies were deliberately mixed to make it more difficult to interpret, or more likely, well-intentioned translators or editors, over the years, have decided certain passages were in the wrong order and changed the verses around. But these paragraphs tell the story so accurately, that there can be no doubt that the verses quoted all refer to the same incident.

Of particular note in this respect is that in Rev ch11v11 it is said that _after lying in the street for 3 ½ days,_ _the dead bodies stood upon their feet and the voice from heaven said "come up here" and they rose up_ _in a cloud....and ascended into heaven._

We know that the bodies did no such thing, because they were put into body bags and taken away. But Revelation then continues " _within the hour ((of them ascending into heaven) there was an earthquake and a tenth of the city fell_....

We know that it must be the aircraft which rose into heaven, not the corpses because the explosion was before the corpses lay in the street! But of course, later translators would know that only dead people could go into the air, on their way to heaven, so the text would have been altered accordingly.

The people who rejoiced because of the tragedy are described as "those who dwell on the earth", as opposed to "those whose names are written in the book of life". These two descriptions appear throughout the Book of Revelation and appear to distinguish between the followers of the "true God" and the "others" of a different faith. They appear to be the two "sides" in the continuing Jewish/Christian v Arab conflict. The ones who rejoiced on news of the 911 tragedy, as we know, were a small minority of the Arab-Muslim community and since they do not worship the Christian God, their names are claimed to be "not written in the Book of Life" They are referred to as "those who dwell on the earth".

The two prophets who "persecuted" those who "dwell on the earth" must have been George Bush and Tony Blair, the leaders of the two major powers which had invaded Iraq/Kuwait previously and in retribution for which the 911 atrocity was carried out. (see later references about the Angel of the Bottomless Pit)

Revelation continues with the next seal (6)

(Ch 6/12) When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,

(6/13) and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale;

(6/14) the sky vanished like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

At first reading, this looks like a separate prophecy of worldwide destruction but although events in Revelation are not always in sequence, this being the opening of the sixth seal, it should logically follow the opening of the fifth seal. On further examination, it quite obviously does.

It shows that John does tend to exaggerate somewhat and a relatively small scale (if very serious) event, can appear to be a worldwide catastrophe.

This "earthquake" is the second one in this prophecy, the first one being when the two planes hit the Twin Towers and a tenth of the "city" fell. This one is the final collapse of the World Trade Centre buildings, when the rest of it collapsed.

The dust which came up was enough, as we probably remember from newsreels at the time, to dim the sun and the moon and to completely shut out the stars. The stars were not actually seen to fall, they just disappeared from the sky, as if it "were rolled up like a scroll".

The statement about every island and mountain being removed does not immediately make any sense because there are no mountains in New York. However, remembering John's tendency to exaggerate, (a tenth of the "city" fell in the first "earthquake", when it was actually two buildings") perhaps we should be looking for a more modest occurrence to fit this account.

John would not have known what a skyscraper was because nothing like it existed in his time. In another prophecy, from another time, Nostradamus referred to "the hollow mountains of the Great City". If we interpret "mountain" to be a tall building, bearing in mind John previously referred to the Twin Towers themselves as "the city", then "every mountain was removed from its place" could refer to the twin towers themselves, because no other buildings were destroyed.

Since there are no "islands" in New York to disappear, a possible explanation is that John was referring to motor vehicles, again an object he would not have had a word to describe. There must have been many cars around the World Trade Centre when the planes struck and when the towers collapsed, they would have been covered by the debris and would have "disappeared".

Chapter 6 continues:

(v15) Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the generals and the rich and the strong, and every one, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; 17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand before it?

Now it could be that the leaders of some nations, figuratively "hid among the rocks and the caves" to avoid the wrath of "he who is seated on the throne and his lamb" for the great day of his wrath has come......in anticipation of the expected retaliation for the attack.

"He who sits on the throne", in this case, means the "throne" of the United States of America, not God's throne because it was not God's day of wrath but the wrath of the USA, which the public had called for, in retribution for the atrocity of the attack and which Bush had promised, at the time.

So we are talking about George Bush and his "lamb" (sorry Tony) Mr Blair. The great day of his wrath had certainly come and the 2nd Gulf War followed by way of retribution under the guise of eliminating weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

However, there is another, less spectacular explanation (in keeping with the nature of John's testimony) of "hiding in the rocks of the mountains and the caves". If the twin towers are thought of as mountains, the "rocks of the mountains" would be the rubble from the final collapse of the towers.

What then are "the caves"? There are no caves in New York! However, since a cave is usually an underground cavern, could John be talking about the public taking refuge in the subways?

There is one final observation to make concerning the colour of the horses. One was white, one black but the third one was red, which is not a colour of any known horse, neither were any of the aircraft used on the day, painted this colour.

However, black, red and white are the colours of the Iraqi flag. This might, or might not be relevant but Al Qaeda was generally thought at the time to be financed by Saddam Hussein.

Now let us look at the other Prophecies which have already been fulfilled by 2012, including the creation of the State of Israel, the Gulf War caused by the invasion of Kuwait and the 2nd invasion of Iraq with the eventual death of Saddam Hussein.

You will also discover, without any shadow of doubt, the identity of The Beast 666, who "Satan" was, who was "cast to earth" following the "War in Heaven" and the incredible identification of the Angel of the Bottomless Pit.

Theories have abounded for decades about the identity of the beast 666. Some theories have named Hitler, who was certainly a "beast" but cannot be the one numbered 666, because he was before the start of "The End Times" in 1948. He must, therefore, be excluded as a possibility, along with many others named across the years. One theory even identified The Pope as the guilty party!

You will be surprised and The Pope will no doubt be relieved, to learn that The Beast 666 was not even a person! Let us now examine the other prophecies, remembering that these prophecies were not intended to be recognized in advance but only after the event.

Chapter 3

THE CREATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN 1948

All the prophecies in the Book of Revelation relate to the ongoing conflict between "those who dwell on the earth" and "those whose names are written in the Book of Life" The latter appears to include not only Israel but their allies, notably the USA and the UK. "Those who dwell on the earth" are identified as Arabs, the sworn enemy of the Jewish people.

The most important event in the "End Times", as far as Israel is concerned, was, of course, the founding of the State of Israel itself and there should therefore be a prophecy in The Book of Revelation which describes that foundation. If the event cannot be found in The Book of Revelation, our theory falls flat from the start. But it is definitely there for all to see!

Revelation chapter 12 reads:

And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.

And another portent appeared in heaven; behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads. 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth.

And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth;

She brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne.

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, for one thousand two hundred and sixty days (3.5 years).

And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had borne the male child. But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. (3.5 years)

The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood. But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured from his mouth.

Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and bear testimony to Jesus.

The often stated explanation is that the mother is Mary and the child is Jesus. This cannot be true because, apart from other numerous discrepancies in the details of the account, a prophecy must of necessity refer to an event in the future and in John's time the birth of Jesus was already nearly 100 years in the past!

Now, rather than describing the birth of Jesus it could equally be foretelling the birth of the State is Israel in 1948, because all the events described agree with what actually happened.

The mother is described as having a crown of 12 stars and the first thought must be that the European Union is the "mother" giving birth to the new State. Although twelve stars has always been the symbol of the EU, since this Union did not come into being until 1955, it cannot be the "mother" of the new State of Israel, which was created in 1948.

It was, of course, the United Nations which actually "created" the State of Israel with Resolution 181, in November 1947 and should therefore be considered to be the true "mother". But the 12 stars could not represent The United Nations, nor Britain, which occupied Palestine in 1948, before the partitioning. So, the woman with twelve stars must represent the original 12 tribes of Israel, symbolically giving birth to the new State.

The other two visions associated with this prophecy are that the Dragon with 7 heads and 10 horns stood ready to devour the child. Whatever the Dragon was, it was obviously fiercely opposed the formation of the new state and was going to attack it as soon as it was created.

In 1945 seven Arab nations, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen had joined to create the League of Arab States and it was this alliance which collectively attacked Israel on the day after its creation was officially declared.

So the Dragon with "7 heads" was a collective group of 7 nations called The League of Arab States, which was waiting to devour the "child" as soon as Israel was created. The League did, in fact, attack the new State of Israel on the day after the declaration of its independence, on 14th May 1948.

The question of the ten horns and 7 diadems, or 7 crowns, is not immediately obvious, although, in my mind there can be no doubt of the validity of the claim that this is the prophecy of the birth of Israel and that the "Beast with seven heads, ten horns and seven diadems on its heads" is the League of Arab States. But, if we could explain the 10 horns, it would reinforce the identity of the Dragon in this prophecy.

The largest of the seven nations is Iraq and within the territory which is Iraq, are four different ethnic groups, all living in well defined areas and in some cases recognized as independent identities. These groups are:

Arabs, who form the majority of the population of Iraq and would be classed as one of the "heads" and three sub-regions, each of different ethnic origin and with differing degrees of autonomy, could be referred to as the "horns" and would be:

Kurdistan, now an autonomous region of Northern Iraq dating back to the March 1970 Autonomy Agreement which is officially governed by its own Kurdistan Regional Government.

Turkomen is the third-largest group in Iraq, with up to 3 million members. They have their own language and customs and were originally Turkish in origin. The community was recognized as a separate "constitutive entity" under a 1923 treaty.

Assyrians are the indigenous people of Iraq, originally Mesopotamia, and are descended from the Akkadian people. They are predominately Christian and The Assyrian Democratic Party was later established in 1979 to satisfy the political objectives of the Assyrian people in Iraq.

So, the League of Arab states could be described as having 7 heads and 10 horns. The "7 diadems" means "crowns" and there would only be one "crown" or "king" for each state, whereas there would be 10 horns in total, including the 3 sub-states.

The newly formed State of Israel desperately defended itself but would have been overrun if it had not been for the United Nations ordering a cease-fire and setting up the UN Truce Supervision Organization, by Resolution 50 on 29th May.

"Caught up by God" would be an over-elaboration but Israel was certainly saved by a "higher power", which could be described as the "god of the earth", being the most powerful organization in the world at that time.

Finally "the mother" is said to have been given the two wings of the great eagle (the bald eagle is the emblem of the United States of America) to escape to the place prepared for her for 1260 days, which equates to 3.5 years.

Note she was not given the wings of a great eagle, but the wings of THE great eagle, The USA. This may, or may not be significant but the United Nations Headquarters moved from Switzerland to New York in 1952, when the new Headquarters building was completed.

The corner-stone, had been laid in 1949. Unfortunately, the only accurate recorded dates of the construction are the date of laying the cornerstone and the finishing date, which spans a period of 3 ¼ years. However, it is obvious that several months would have been necessary to prepare the site and excavate the foundations, before the cornerstone was laid, so the complete building work would have taken in the region of 3 ½ years.

The mother could reasonably have been said to have been carried "by the wings of the great eagle" to a place prepared for her for 3 ½ years, (1260 days), which was the time taken to construct the new headquarters.

The part of the story which is not readily understandable is the part which says:

" _The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood. But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured from his mouth"._

For the moment, this is totally unintelligible!

Chapter 4

THE 2 BEASTS - INCLUDING 666 - IDENTIFIED

Revelation 13 says:

1 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems upon its horns and a blasphemous name upon its heads.

2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.

This "beast" must be the League of 7 Arab States, because it has the same description as the one which attacked Israel on the day after it was declared an independent state, except that it was then called a "dragon". It now has 10 diadems instead of 7. In this case the 3 extra horns each have a "crown" for some reason.

For the moment, let us assume that the two beasts are the same and the 10 diadems are either a mistake in copying, or a point we have not yet understood. If the Beast with 7 heads is definitely the League of Arab States, then the continuing story should confirm that this is definitely the same beast.

What is it which gives power and authority to the Arab States? It is their oil supplies. So the dragon is identified as oil, which gives the 7 states their power and great authority.

Revelation 13 continues:

3 One of its heads (states) seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth followed the beast with wonder.

4. Men worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?"

In 1979, Egypt was suspended from the league because it had signed a peace treaty with Israel but it was re-admitted in 1990. The "head" which was "mortally wounded" would seem, then, to be Egypt which was one "head" of the seven-head alliance. The mortal wound was healed when it was re-elected in 1990.This not only confirms the identity of the first beast, but also dates the prophecy to 1990 or later, after Egypt's re-election to the League.

Revelation 13 continues:

5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months; 6 it opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven.

7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And all who dwell on earth will worship it, every one whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain.

9 If any one has an ear, let him hear: 10 If any one is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if any one slays with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

Revelation13 continues:

_(11) Then I saw another beast which rose out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12_ _It exercises all the authority of the first beast_ _in its presence, and_ _makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast_ _, whose mortal wound was healed._

From later deductions, you will see that this second beast is The United Nations Security Council, which exercises the same degree of authority as the 1st beast, The League of Arab States. But exactly why does it, being normally on the opposite side to the first beast, make the earth worship the first beast? This will become clear shortly.

The reference to the two horns probably represents the two main countries

leading the offensive against Iraq, The USA and the UK. In this case, the beast would be an "allied nations" beast, the United Nations Security Council.

_(13) It works great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of men; and by the signs which it is allowed to work in_ _the presence of the beast_ _, it deceives those who dwell on earth, bidding them make an_ _image for the beast_ _which was wounded by the sword and yet lived; (Note: image FOR the Beast not image OF the Beast)_

This supports the assumptions so far. This beast makes fire to come down from heaven, which would be the aerial bombardment (in the Gulf War). It was in full "sight of the enemy", without any apparent disagreement with the first beast. Moreover the "allied beast", which we have provisionally identified as the United Nations, even bids the Arab States to build an image (resolution) of their own and in so doing, "deceive those who dwell on the earth".

Why would the UN encourage the Arab States to "build an image of its own"?

_(15) and it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast should even speak, and to cause those who would_ _not worship the image of the beast to be slain._

This now begins to make sense. The Gulf War started when Iraq invaded Kuwait. The UN Security Council was not the only organization to issue a resolution calling on Iraq to withdraw its troops from Kuwait. The Arab League issued a similar resolution, (referred here to be creating an image of the beast) also calling on Iraq to withdraw.

Effectively, both the UN and the Arab League were, for once, "batting" on the same side, against Iraq. So it was not just the UN causing the Iraqi troops to be slain for defying its own resolution but also for failing to comply with the "image" resolution.

The Arab league was in agreement with the UN, because Saddam Hussein refused both party's orders to withdraw from Kuwait. Both organizations were therefore in agreement with the killing of The Iraqi soldiers for not "worshipping" (obeying) the beast or the "image of the beast".

This is why the UN was allowed to make "fire rain down in the presence of men" (presumably in sight of "those who dwell on the earth") and allowed to work in the presence of the beast, because they both had the same goal. And finally, the undeniable proof of the identity of the second beast, 666.

Revelation 13 continues:

(16) Also it (the 2nd beast, identified as The UN Security Council), causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

18 This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six.

There were 10 Resolutions in total passed by the United Nations Security Council between August and October 1990. Number 661 imposed a complete embargo on all imports from and exports to, Iraq and Kuwait, with minor exceptions for certain medical supplies.

Resolution 666 modified 661 to allow other trading, in particular, food and medical supplies for humanitarian reasons, because 1000's of civilians, including children were dying of starvation and illness. Therefore it was certainly the case that "no one could buy or sell" unless they had the "number of the Beast" (666) on the export/import documents.

So the second beast is conclusively identified as either the United Nations, the creator of Resolution number 666, or Resolution 666 itself. The only discrepancy is that John says that they, (the traders) had to have the mark on their forehead or their right hand, but the mark was actually required on the trading documents. So the mark would have been at the top, (head) or on the right hand side of the documents, not on the forehead or right hand of the trader!

Today, no one uses the number 666 because of its association with the Devil. Cars are not registered with the number 666 and no one would number a house 666 for the same reason. The UN Security Council obviously had no such reservations when numbering their resolutions! If they had, then the prediction could not have been made. It would have been the Beast 667!

Having identified the second beast, let us look at the other descriptions to see if they now make more sense. The identification of 666 confirms the date as 1990/91 at the start of the Gulf War, the same as the date deduced from the identification of the first beast, although both had been in existence since 1945.

1) The second beast made "fire come down from heaven" which the allies under UN supervision in the Gulf War certainly did. Desert Shield, the aerial battle which was the precursor of the ground invasion of Iraq was one of the most intense aerial bombardments ever.

2) "It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast."

The UN was equally as powerful as the Arab League, which also issued a resolution ordering Iraq out of Kuwait. So the UN was encouraging people to worship (obey) the image of the beast (The Resolution of The Arab League) because their aims were the same.

The Beast 666 identification is rock solid and identifies not only the two beasts but also the time that the prophecy was fulfilled. It is so obvious, and has been since 1990.

Chapter 5

A WAR IN HEAVEN: SATAN IS CAST TO EARTH :

Revelation Ch. 12v 7

Now a war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Note here the "Dragon" is not the same as the dragon described before, because it is not the one which "gives power and great authority to the beast". This Dragon who is "thrown down" is called Satan.

The battle was fought "in heaven", as opposed to on the ground and 2000 years ago "heaven" meant anywhere above the earth. Angels were beings who flew and since we know men cannot fly without an aircraft of some kind, we might reasonably assume that this was a war "in in the skies" between "aircraft under the control of Michael" and against those under the control of "Satan".

There are two reasons to conclude that this was "Operation Desert Storm" in 1990, the first stage of the Gulf War. The allies fought the first part of the war in the air, to destroy the Iraqi air force, as a prequel to destroying land based defenses, to facilitate the ground invasion, which eventually brought an end to hostilities.

Saddam Hussein's air force was quickly and crushingly defeated. Thereafter, there was no longer found any place in the skies for the "Devils Angels" because a no-fly zone was established by the United Nations and enforced by the allied air forces. So we have identified Saddam Hussein, as the leader of the defeated air force, called, in this case, "The Dragon or the Old Serpent".

But who is Michael and his Angels? Note that it does not say "Saint Michael" as one might reasonably expect as the leader of a Heavenly force of "Angels". It says Michael. So who was Michael?

The Joint Chief of Staff, USAF, previously Commander USAF Europe from 1989, who would have had ultimate control of the Allied Air Forces from the start of the conflict in September 1990, was Michael Dugan, until he retired on 31 December 1990. Quite a startling prophecy!

By then the "War in Heaven" between the Allied Air Forces and the Iraqi Air Force would have been over and Saddam Hussein "cast to earth". The rest of the conflict was the aerial bombardment of key defensive positions in Iraq and the land invasion, with the cease fire agreed on 28th February 1991.

Note that this narrative again shows that prophecies are not in chronological order, with this one being placed immediately after, and in the same chapter as, the creation of the state of Israel, some 42 years apart!

Chapter 6

THE "ANGEL OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT" IDENTIFIED

Revelation Ch12v10:

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power of the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

_12 Rejoice then, O heaven and you that dwell therein! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil_ (Saddam Hussein) _has come down to you in great wrath_ _, because he knows that his time is short!"_

Revelation Ch 11v3

_3 And I will grant my two witnesses power to prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, (3½ years) clothed in sackcloth." 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lamp-stands which stand before the_ _Lord of the Earth_ _._

5And if anyone would harm them, fire pours out from their mouth and consumes their foes; if any one would harm them, thus he is doomed to be killed.

_6 They have power to_ _shut the sky_ _, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they desire._

These "Two Witnesses" with power to "shut the heavens" (no fly zone) and cause fire to rain down (aerial bombardment) must be, as previously suggested, George Bush and Tony Blair, the joint orchestrators of the Wars against Iraq.

Revelation Ch 11v 7

_And when they (the two prophets) have finished their testimony (war),_ _the beast that ascends from the bottomless pit_ _will_ _make war upon them_ _and conquer them and kill them and_ _their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city_ _, which is allegorically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified._

The time period is established as after the gulf war when the "accuser of our brethren has been thrown down" and "the devil (Saddam Hussein) has come down to you in great wrath because he knows that his time is short"

The two witnesses, previously identified as Tony Blair and George Bush were to "prophesy (wage war) for 1260 days (3 ½ years). When they have finished their testimony, that is, when the war is finished, the beast that ascends from the bottomless pit will make war upon them, conquer them and kill them and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city. A description, as we have already seen, which clearly refers to 911.

Note that this Beast which ascends from the bottomless pit is a different entity from "the Dragon" or "Satan", previously identified as Saddam Hussein who, one would have thought, would be the one to seek vengeance against the USA.

The angel of the bottomless pit is named in Chapter 9, as Abaddon and is the one responsible for the attack. In some translations of the bible, there are apostrophes to indicate that there are missing letters from the word "Abaddon" but these apostrophes appear to have been omitted in all the versions currently available.

However if the apostrophes were: 'ab'addon, the addition of the right letters, where the apostrophes are, would form: (Osam)ab(inl)addon, the man who is generally accepted as being responsible for the 911 attack on New York. (With apologies for the obvious misspelling of his name)

Chapter 7

THE GULF WAR 1990/91 – OIL WELLS BURNING IN KUWAIT

Revelation 9

1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit; 2 he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.

An oil well must be one of the deepest man-made holes and a "bottomless pit" is a good analogy. The narrative even describes a "shaft" going into it, which is a man-made lining, inserted into an oil well in the course of construction. So the "smoke from the bottomless pit" is the plume of smoke rising from a burning oil well, which as we all saw on newsreels at the time, certainly did obscure the sun.

The Angel of the Bottomless Pit came down from the sky with the "key" or power, to set the oil wells ablaze. This was probably an explosive charge of some kind, because it is not easy to ignite heavy crude oil. You can't ignite it with a match so he would have needed an explosive "key" of some kind.

We have previously identified the angel of the bottomless pit as Osama Bin Laden, the perpetrator of the 911 atrocity, but read the next unbelievable confirmation of his identity.

Revelation Ch 9v3continues:

_Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth; 4 they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those of mankind_ _who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads_ _;_

5 They were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man. 6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them.

7 In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, 8 their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth;

9 they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.

10 They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails.

The description of the "locusts" sounds like a swarm of helicopters, which were immediately brought into action in Kuwait when the Iraqis started to torch the oil wells, as they retreated. Their mission would have been to target people, the Iraqi invading force and not to hurt the "grass of the earth or any growth or tree" (the superstructure) because Kuwait was our ally in this conflict and the fight was on their territory. The war was against the Iraqi troops, "those who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads".

The locusts had the faces of men (the pilots) with crowns on their heads (helmets) and tails like a scorpion (a good analogy) with a "sting" on the end (the tail rotors). They had what would appear to be "a woman's hair". The main rotors would appear "wispy" and indistinct as they rotated, possibly giving the impression of long, flowing hair. The noise of the helicopter's "wings" is likened to "the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle" What an apt and accurate description of the rushing, pulsating noise of a helicopter in flight!

11 They have as king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.

This part is very strange because it implies that the country which owned the helicopters had a king over them and he was the angel of the bottomless pit. We have identified him previously as Osama Bin Laden and since he was certainly not in charge of any allied country's Air Force, nor that of Kuwait, and the Iraqis did not have any operational aircraft, then there is a problem here to be addressed!

This verse has absolutely no truth or relevance in the narrative and no connection to the verses either before or after it. I believe that this an artificially created verse which has been written with the sole intention to transmit a coded message! By being inserted here, it identifies the angel of the bottomless pit, alias Osama Bin Laden, in this verse which is Revelation chapter 9v11, thereby cleverly identifying the incident for which he is infamous, now commonly referred to as 911.

Many sceptics claim that 2000 years of translating and editing has removed any chance that the scriptures bear any resemblance to what was originally written. If so, editing and translation have failed to remove this obviously misplaced and totally irrelevant verse and its number 9v11. What are the chances of this occurrence being a coincidence?

Chapter 8

THE SCARLET WOMAN AND THE BEAST

Revelation Ch.17

1] And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

_So he carried me away_ _in the spirit_ _into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns._

We have already identified the beast with 7 heads and ten horns as the Arab League, which has seven member states.

(4) And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

This seems to be fairly straightforward. We have identified Babylon as the city which stands for monetary greed and the worship of wealth and material possessions. It appears to be sitting on the League of Arab Nations, as if they are in partnership with "Babylon" and are worshipping wealth and material things.

The Arab world is rich because of its oil resources and this appears to link the two. However, from later descriptions this is not the case and we will have to revise our analysis in due course.

(6) And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

(8)The beast that you saw was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

The angel's explanation does not really help and why should it? The explanation must be someone's interpretation, during the copying, or translation of the original book. The prophecies are not intended to be understood until they happen, so why would the angel explain it? We know the identity of the beast with seven heads but now it seems that, at the time of this prophecy, it no longer exists, but will rise again.

(9) And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains (states), on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

We have already established that there are seven kings in the Arab League or maybe ten if we include the "satellite" countries. But it says now that five are "fallen", or have ceased to be kings, "one is" (currently reigning) and one is "yet to come". When he comes, he will only reign for a short time. We are obviously now talking about different "kings" or "leaders" and it seems obvious to which leaders Revelation is referring, if we look at the constitution of the Arab League.

The "beast," which is the 7 states in the Arab League, has an overall "king" of the league, called a "Secretary General", as well as a king, or leader for each state. So here the focus has switched to the Secretaries General of The League, rather than the heads of the individual states. How can we be certain of this? Because the details of past and present Secretaries General confirm that "5 have been, one is, and another yet to come".

From 1945 to 2010 there were 6 Secretaries General of which (assuming the time of this prophecy is between 2001/ 2010) 5 were "past", one was (current) and "one was yet to come". The "one to come" condition was duly fulfilled when Nabil El Araby became the seventh Secretary General in 2011. If this prophecy is to be fulfilled, he will be in the position for only a short time.

We don't know why but this will, presumably, soon become apparent. The final piece is an enigma, and, as is always the case, there is no way of working out what it means until it happens. It says: And the beast that was, and is not, he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition.

(12) the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

This seems to change the previous interpretation of the 10 horns from being the seven states and three sub states of Iraq, to being ten kings from outside the Arab League, who will join with the League, for a short while and will strengthen and give them extra power. The Beast, presumably with the extra ten "kings", will make war with "The Saints" but lose. Presumably, the beast "going into perdition" happens on this defeat and probably means the coalition breaks up and is no more.

(15) And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

_For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will; to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is_ _that great city_ _,_ _which reigneth over the kings of the earth_ _._

This now changes the identity of the whore on the beast from Babylon, to the "Great City which reigns over the Kings of the Earth", which must be the most powerful nation on earth, the USA.

This now makes more sense when it says "the ten horns which you saw (Either the new partners of the Arab League or the original ten constituents) will hate the woman (the USA) and make her desolate and eat her flesh...It makes more sense than the Arabs, who are very rich, hating Babylon (money and wealth).

So the words on the whore's forehead do not identify her as "Babylon" but show her to be the country, the USA (that Great City) which is the MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. The USA (the mother of harlots in the Arab view) is riding on the back of the Arab World (controlling or attempting to control it) and the leaders or kings hate the harlot, and will make her desolate.

Since previously it was said that the "Lamb" would overcome them, the Arabs must first attack Israel or its allies and "desolate" them. Allowing for John's over-dramatization, this "desolation" could be similar to, or even be, the carnage caused on 9/11, rather than a complete desolation of Israel.

This being the case, "The Lamb overcoming them" has already happened in the second Gulf War, as revenge by the USA, for the "desolation" of 911

Chapter 9

The Final Prophecy

_Revelation 21:_ The New Jerusalem -

(1) Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

I suggest that this has been put in the wrong place and should be placed after the vision of The New Jerusalem coming down from heaven. I will explain why in more detail as we go on. It should be the very LAST of the prophecies. As far as past editors were concerned, the "New Heaven and New Earth" would have been the result of Armageddon, or the final worldwide destruction, at which time Jesus would return to save those of his people who were left.

But two things are puzzling. What is the reference to "no more sea" The Earth could no longer function without seas, and no matter how devastating "the final conflict" was, surely all the seas could not have evaporated? The word "sea" is interpreted by some in prophecies to be "people" but why would there be no people?

Secondly, how can any amount of destruction on the Earth result in a "New Heaven". What was "new" about it? Did the stars appear in different places? Were there new, unrecognized star constellations in the heavens? Perhaps the Moon was no longer in orbit, or maybe there was more than one moon now circling the "New Earth". Whatever it was, there must have been very obvious differences.

There is a simple if incredible explanation which we will come to shortly but first let us return to the "New Jerusalem", coming down to earth in all its glory.

Revelation 21v2 continues:

2 And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; 3 and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; 4 he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away."

5 And he who sat upon the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true."

6 And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the fountain of the water of life without payment. 7 He who conquers shall have this heritage, and I will be his God and he shall be my son. 8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death."

This clearly says that God comes down in what is described as "The New Jerusalem" but if we stick to modern day descriptions, we would have to say that a large craft of some kind was seen, on the screen, descending from the sky. The commentary is being made not by "God" but by "he who sits on the throne" and John is still talking about the person occupying the "throne" before him, inside the craft, where he is seeing the vision on the screen in front of him.

_(9) Then came one of the seven angels who had the_ _seven bowls full of the seven last plagues_ _, and spoke to me, saying, "Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal._

John is "in the spirit" which usually means he is floating in the air being "transported somewhere", in this case to get a closer glimpse of The New Jerusalem. Since he is seeing his visions on the screens before him and the events are not actually taking place at that time, one can only assume, since he now describes the city in greater detail, that the screen zooms in to get a better view. Or perhaps the view is now from above, hence the reference to a high mountain and John believes he has been "transported" there in the spirit.

(12) It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed; 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.

16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its breadth; and he measured the city with his rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and breadth and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits by a man's measure, that is, an angel's.

This is not so much a craft, or even as John says, a "city"! It is the size if a large country. It measures 12,000 stadia long and the same size wide and high. Translated into modern measurements, that is 1500 miles long by 1500 miles wide and 1500 miles high! Exactly what the "gold measuring rod" was which allowed John to measure an image of the craft is unclear but probably not too important at this stage.

The walls were 144 cubits thick which translates into 500 feet. This is an enormous craft and to describe it as a city is a gross understatement. Its area is a quarter the size of Australia! If this is indeed the "New Jerusalem", why would it be this size, or why would John deliberately overstate the measurements?

(18) The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, clear as glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every jewel; the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysophrase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.

The walls are described as being composed of 12 different semi-precious stones but it must be made of a metal, or another substance which reflects light, to give the different colours described, like light refracting through a prism.

The "gates" are described as each being "a single large pearl". Since pearls are very small objects, "pearl" can only describe the circular shape and the colour, which is opaque and whitish. If these are the "gates" or airlocks of the craft they must be enormous to be seen at all on such a large craft, although bearing in mind the size of the vessel, enormous "boarding gates" would be necessary.

The streets were "pure gold", but are then described as "clear as glass" They cannot be both so one has to assume they were a transparent substance, which might be a plastic compound of some kind.

22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light shall the nations walk; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory into it,

25 and its gates shall never be shut by day--and there shall be no night there; 26 they shall bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.

27 But nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any one who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

If this city, which is more than a quarter the size of Australia, is indeed an "intergalactic" space craft, it would have no need of the sun to light it because it would be lit artificially, just like a modern building today. If this sounds just too incredible to be true, ask yourself. If you were going to make a prophecy, would you not make it credible? Why would you exaggerate the size to be unbelievable?

Revelation 22v1

1 Then he showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

If this craft is designed to travel through space, there would have to be a controlled environment, where food could be produced and water recycled to sustain the inhabitants. The word "river" is probably as much an understatement as it is to call the craft a "city" and the trees would need to be plantations and forests, not just a few rows of trees.

How many "stories" would fit into a structure 1500 miles high? If each story were a mile high you could have 1500 stories! There would be plenty of room for large areas devoted to forests, rivers and other life-sustaining systems. The earth has a surface area of just under 200 million square miles and one story of 1500 miles x 1500 miles is 2.25 million square miles. You would need only 100 floors, or stories, to give the same area as earth and that includes the area of all the oceans!

(3) There shall no more be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall worship him; 4 they shall see his face, and his name shall be on their foreheads.5 And night shall be no more; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they shall reign for ever and ever.

6 And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.7 And behold, I am coming soon. "Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book".

8 I John am he who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me;

_9 but he said to me, "_ _You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you_ _and your brethren the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."_

If any proof is required that it is only in John's mind that "he who is seated on the throne", in the place where he is being shown the "visions," is God or Jesus, then it is in v8 where John, not for the first time, falls to his knees to worship the "angel" next to him. He is told quite categorically: "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book

(10) And he said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. 11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy."

12 "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and every one who loves and practices falsehood.

16 "I Jesus have sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star." 17 The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let him who hears say, "Come." And let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the water of life without price.

18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if any one adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, 19 and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

When will this happen? No one knows but it will be soon. He says "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book", meaning "let everyone see and hear the details".

Although he will be coming soon, it will not be until all the other prophecies have been fulfilled. The reason for these revelations are to demonstrate that, as prophecies are seen to be fulfilled, the whole book becomes credible and therefore this, the final prophecy, will be accepted as being true before it actually happens. Many will accept it, wait and hopefully will moderate their lifestyle accordingly.

Others will continue as they are and "as they did in the days of Noah", when a similar warning of worldwide destruction was generally ignored. There does not appear to be many more unfulfilled prophecies before The Final Prophecy comes to pass.

Chapter 10

JUDGEMENT DAY

Revelation 20v4

Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.

This is very interesting. You might imagine that the "judges" would be seated on the thrones to judge the others but in fact it is the other way round. Those being "judged" are on the "thrones" or "seats".

How can people be judged? You could look at the "records" of each individual but these could not be in the form of a normal book because how could so many books be prepared and by whom?

A complete, compact and accurate record of a person's life is the one stored in each individual's brain, much of it, presumably, in the subconscious. With the correct equipment to "read" the person's brain, a complete record of the person's life might be retrieved. Are they seated on the thrones to somehow have their memories "read" and "retrieved"? Are these "scanners" at work?

If you consider this to be too incredible, just look at a new development in computers announced recently. On 4th February 2012 an article appeared in a daily newspaper to announce that a computer has been developed to read thoughts. A full page of the details was published in The Mail on Sunday on 5th February 2012.

The article reads: "Neuroscientists at the University of California Berkeley put electrodes into the skulls of brain surgery patients, to monitor information from their temporal lobes. As the patient listened to someone speaking, the computer program analyzed their brains and reproduced the words they had heard".

Those who are alive at the time of The Judgement and pass the test, will travel in the New Jerusalem. Others, who had died previously in their devotion to Christ and lived particularly good lives, are raised immediately from the dead. They also will rule with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead will not be resurrected for 1000 years. Why is that? What is the significance of the 1000 years?

Now we know that John's understanding is somewhat confused in respect of who are normal (if very advanced) people, and who are "angels", God or Christ, so "reigned with Christ a thousand years" does not necessarily mean that Christ is on the ship.

The thousand years, however, is very interesting. It does not say that those who were not resurrected immediately were condemned to remain dead. It says that the rest of the dead did not live until the 1000 years had passed. It is also interesting to note that Satan was "chained and cast into the pit for 1000 years and when the 1000 years were up he should be loosed for a while".

What is the problem with resurrecting the rest of the dead immediately, if indeed they can be resurrected? How can people who have been dead for hundreds, if not thousands of years, be resurrected? Let us look at the second question first.

As far as the Bible is concerned, only those "whose names are written in the Book of Life from the beginning of the world" will be resurrected. What is this "Book of Life"?

To the ancients it would be a simple book, or scroll, with the names of those eligible to be resurrected in it. But how can dead people be brought back to life?

Modern science has advanced today to the point where scientists can clone an animal, given a sample of tissue or bone, even if the animal is dead. But this is the very beginning of the cloning age and of decoding the human genome. In theory, given the DNA code of an individual, a new clone could be created from this information alone, without a sample.

If a "Book of Life" does exist, it would have to be on a computer infinitely larger and more powerful than any we have developed today, or can even imagine. However, looking at scientific advances in the last 50 years, it is not impossible to envisage that a race, sufficiently advanced to build "The New Jerusalem", could have the technology to have developed this capability.

How far back would this information go? Would it go back to the first homo- sapiens created, or only 2000 years, to the time of Jesus? Perhaps he came to us to announce this new capability, which would operate from that time. Developing a new body from the known DNA, however, would not resurrect the original individual. The clone would have none of the memories, or experiences of the original being. So how could this problem be resolved?

The brain is very similar to a computer. It can absorb information and store it in a memory. This memory, on a computer, can be easily downloaded elsewhere, for instance to a disc or a new computer. Once a day, if required, the computer can back up on to a server, where a complete record can be stored and maintained. It can then be downloaded at any time in the future from the server, onto a disc, or to a new computer, even after the old computer has "died".

In theory then, the memory could, given the technology, be downloaded from the individual, held on "the server" and then transferred into the new clone. The new individual would then have all the memories of the original. But one question remains. How can a human memory be uploaded to a "computer" in the first place and is there any evidence to suggest it as a possible explanation?

Spiritualists claim to have photographed a barely visible, silver stream of energy leaving the body on death, which they claim could be the "soul" departing to "heaven". Some have also claimed that the same phenomenon occurs when a person sleeps. If this is the case, the stream of "energy" photographed could be a stream of "information", which would "back-up" the main computer or "server", wherever it is, each time the body sleeps, with a final back-up when the body dies.

So, in theory, allowing for a huge development in technology, physical resurrection could be a scientific possibility and the development of a computer which can apparently "read" the brain, as discussed previously, is a huge step in the direction of recording memories.

(7) And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed from his prison 8 and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, that is, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.

We will see in a moment that there is something not quite right with the timing here. The great battle known as Armageddon must take place before the 1000 years because no one will be on earth after the 1000years!

9 And they marched up over the broad earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city; but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,10 and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

_11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who sat upon it; from his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, by what they had done._ (This must be after the 1000 years have passed)

Note there are two books, just as we discussed earlier. One is the Book of Life, containing the DNA information, the other "book", or computer, contains all the memories. Although the "Book of Life" is frequently mentioned throughout the Book of Revelation, this is the first and only time this second book is mentioned and gives considerable weight to this incredible theory.

(13) And the sea gave up the dead in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead in them, and all were judged by what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire; 15 and if any one's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Why are the majority of the dead not resurrected for 1000 years? Why does Satan have to be "loosed" again after 1000 years? Why not leave him dead? The initial batch of people taken into the New Jerusalem to "serve God for 1000 years", must be the maximum number which the craft can accommodate. Although it is enormous, its capacity must be finite and the total number of people who have lived and died on earth, may be just too many for the craft to carry and feed for 1000 years.

The rest of the dead cannot be resurrected, or recreated, until the New Jerusalem reaches its destination, which will take 1000 years. It is then that the resurrection of the rest of mankind, the Devil included, will begin and the final judgments will take place.

Revelation 20v1 says:

_1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain. 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were ended._ _After that he must be loosed for a little while_ _._

"Satan, that old serpent" was previously identified as Saddam Hussein but as we have already seen, that does not necessarily mean that this Satan is the same person. Whoever he is, he has been killed and metaphorically "cast into the bottomless pit", where he must remain for a thousand years, and must then be loosed for a little while. This did not previously make sense. Why would an evil entity be released from death for a little while?

The answer is, that he was just an ordinary, if evil, human who will be resurrected in due course, with all the others and "judged," just as everyone else will be. It will be 1000 years before this happens, because he is just one of those not to be resurrected until reaching "The New Earth".

Chapter 11

A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH

Now we can return to the verses which I said were out of sequence:

Revelation 21v1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

I suggest that this vision is at the end of the 1000 years when the journey of "The New Jerusalem" is over. Landing on a far distant planet, the previous inhabitants of the earth, the occupants of The New Jerusalem, would see and recognize a "new heaven and a new earth". The landscape would look different and so would the heavens, because there would be different star constellations, moons and planets in the sky.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. "There was no more sea" must, on reflection, mean that there were no people, because it would not make sense that there was no sea, which would be a basic requirement for a habitable planet. Their first view of their new home would be from the "ship" as it came in to land or into orbit. The planet would presumably be devoid of any indigenous life, since it had been prepared especially for them and "there were no people" would then make sense.

Is there anything in the rest of the Bible which can substantiate this interpretation of the resurrection? Surely Jesus would have known about the resurrection being a physical one and would have told us, or at least given us a clue? Maybe clues which would only be understood by generations during the End Times? Did he ever give any indication that we would all be emigrating to another planet?

Let us examine some of his parables, where he appeared to speak in riddles, which even his disciples did not understand, let alone the ordinary people to whom he was speaking. Even those who have followed, right up to the present day, seem to have missed much of the meaning contained in these parables. Let us now look at these, in the light of the previous suggestions, to see if they confirm, or weaken our theory.

Chapter 12

JESUS APPEARS TO CONFIRM A PHYSICAL RESURRECTION.

One of the best known sayings of Jesus, with the benefit of modern day knowledge, seems to confirm that heaven is another planet and this can be found in the Gospel according to John.

John Chapter 14 v 2.

In my Fathers House are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go now to prepare a place for you. And if I go, I will return, and take you with me, so that where I am, you may be also

Now the words "house" and "mansion" in the original texts are, apparently, two of at least five words which all mean "abiding place". So the words "house" and "mansion" are just reasonable interpretations of the only "abiding places" known to John 2000 years ago. In more recent translations, the text becomes "in my father's house are many rooms". But we know God does not have a house on earth, so we must be talking about an "abode" in "heaven" and something a bit more than a "house".

Knowing now that "heaven," with the benefit of modern knowledge, cannot be just up in the sky, where the clouds are, it must, of necessity, be much further away and today we could, quite reasonably, translate the words of Jesus as: "Where my Father lives, there are many (inhabitable) worlds. I go now to prepare one for you. Then I will return to take you there, so that where I am, you shall be also", exactly what the previous chapter of the New Jerusalem's journey and destination describes.

Most people who believe in heaven or an "afterlife", think of a place where they will exist in a spirit form after death. Common belief is that the transfer is immediately after, or within a few days of, physical death. The only way to go to heaven therefore, is to die. Jesus says something completely different.

In John 3 v 3 he says: "I say to you "unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God". He does not say "unless a man dies" he cannot see the kingdom of God. He seems to be confirming that the resurrection will be a physical one and the only way a person can ascend to heaven is to be resurrected.

Many people have interpreted "being born again" to mean that one must repent and then go on to become a better person and lead a better life in the future. But the statement does not say this. Why would one seek a symbolic reference, when a literal meaning agrees better with the spoken words? In order to enter the new world prepared for us, we will certainly need to be "born again" because we would not survive a 1000 year journey without being created again, maybe several times over!

He confirms the situation again in John 3.13, when he says that no one has yet ascended into heaven (even though millions of people have died) except "He who has come down from Heaven", that is to say, The Son of Man (Himself).

It seems that Jesus is confirming that going to heaven will necessitate a literal resurrection but that no one has yet been resurrected! For further confirmation, look at Peter's Sermon in The Acts of The Apostles:

Ch 2 v.29

" _Men and Brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David that he is both dead and buried and his tomb is with us to this day. For David did not ascend into the heavens (V.34)_

The great patriarch David is dead and buried in his tomb! He has not yet ascended into heaven, because no one has yet been resurrected. But he will, presumably, reign with Christ, as one of the first to be resurrected, when the time comes.

Job, an ancient prophet from c.1600 BC confirms that they knew long ago that the resurrection would be a physical one. In Ch19 v 25/27 he says:

_"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet_ _in my flesh_ _shall I see God............_

Job could not have been more specific about a literal, physical resurrection than this, 1500 years before Jesus was born and 3500 years before the earliest date when he might be resurrected.

Jesus says in John Ch11 v 25/26 " _He who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live_ ". This seems to be quite straightforward. Jesus is confirming that those who believe in him, and die, will be resurrected in the future. But he continues: " _Whoever lives and believes in me shall never die_ ".Whoever is living (at the time of the second coming) and believes in him, will not die. They will be taken into The New Jerusalem to rule with God, for a thousand years.

I suggest you read more of Jesus' teachings in the Gospels and many of his parables will now take on a new meaning, in the light of these new interpretations of the prophecies from The Book of Revelation.

Chapter 13

PROPHECIES STILL TO BE FULFILLED

1. The 144,000 on Mt Zion

Revelation 14

Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpers playing on their harps,

3 and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are chaste; it is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes; these have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are spotless.

It has to be said that, as usual John is adding his own interpretation to what he sees! He has his own ideas of what qualifies these people, the 144,000, to be the first to be resurrected! Whatever the reason for their having been chosen, they are certainly "the chosen ones" who will travel in The New Jerusalem and "reign with him" for 1000 years on the journey. No one else could learn the song because, to John, it was being sung in a foreign language.

The performance is obviously on the screen, in front of him, because he says "before the throne, the four living creatures and the elders". This puts him still in the craft, as he described it at the very beginning.

_(6) Then I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, with an eternal_ _gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people_ _;_

_7 and he said with a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory,_ _for the hour of his judgment has come_ _; and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of water."_

_8 Another angel, a second, followed, saying, "_ _Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great_ _, she who made all nations drink the wine of her impure passion."_

_9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "_ _If any one worships the beast and its image_ _, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10_ _he also shall drink the wine of God's wrat_ _h, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and he shall be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb._

11 And the smoke of their torment goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name."

_12_ _Here is a call for the endurance of the saints_ _, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus._

At the beginning it says the angel has a gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

This message appears to be for every one of all nationalities and religions including "those who dwell on the Earth", the traditional enemies of the Jewish People, as well as "those whose names are written in the Book of Life"!

Let us look at what it does say, taking out the flowery and unhelpful comments!

1) The gospel (message) is to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, (and to) every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

2) (that) the hour of his judgment has come;

3) Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great (The USA)

4) anyone who worships the beast and its image, (those who dwell on the earth were the ones to whom the resolutions were addressed?) he also shall drink the wine of God's wrath.

So to summarize this passage simply it says:

This message is for everyone on earth, irrespective of race or religion and it is this: The end has come. America has fallen and everyone else shall feel the effects of the global destruction.

(13) And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!"

This appears to say that those who die from now on, will not be resurrected again with the "first fruits" but will be allowed to "rest a while", presumably to be resurrected at the end of the 1000 years with everyone else. So, only the ones who actually survive will go on to The New Jerusalem with the 144.000.

John is again adding his own ideas and interpretation by singling out such people as those who had not received the "mark of the beast" on their foreheads or on their hands" when, as we know, no one was ever tattooed with the number 666! But the resolutions which have been labelled "beasts" were intended for certain peoples and here it is trying to be conveyed that this message and the worldwide destruction is relevant for all nations.

But now an interesting addition to the story about the 144,000 continues in

Revelation 7: - A great multitude dressed in white robes:

_And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the_ _four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea_ _, saying, hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we_ _have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads_ _. And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel._

It appears that the four angels are not to be released to "hurt the earth and the sea" until the 144,000 "chosen ones" have been "sealed". Angels are usually associated with flying and missiles of some kind would fit the description so far, although how or why they would be "holding back the wind so that it didn't blow on the earth" is difficult to understand.

_(9) After this I looked, and behold_ _, a great multitude_ _which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!"_

11 And all the angels stood round the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God for ever and ever! Amen."

Revelation continues:

13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and whence have they come?" 14 I said to him, "Sir, you know."

_And he said to me, "These are they who have_ _come out of the great tribulation_ _; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night_ _within his temple_ _; and he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence._

16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

These then, are the survivors of "The Great Tribulation" or the worldwide disaster which has just occurred. They will all go into the "Temple of God" or "The New Jerusalem" with the 144,000 where no natural light falls on them and no sunlight exists to burn them. They will no longer be hungry or thirsty because they will be looked after and fed.

The 144,000 are the ones who have been chosen to live for a thousand years and have been resurrected to rule with Christ. They are said to have been chosen because they are "pure and without faults", but more likely they have been resurrected because they have talents which will be very useful on the 1000 year journey. We are told that they will go, with the survivors, into The New Jerusalem to "reign" with God for the 1000 year journey.

We cannot be sure what the disaster is but from the next chapter we can see that a comet collision is the most likely. The question is: what is the relevance of the four angels at the four corners of the earth? Can we make some sense of this and will it help to throw more light on this situation?

Four angels would normally mean "messengers" derived in the translation from the Greek "angeles" or perhaps the flying machines in which they usually travel. It might even mean something inanimate which flies. In this case, the four angels sound initially as if they might be four missiles, which could easily hurt the grass and the sea, if this is what they are.

But these cannot be missiles because they are under the control of "The Living God", who commands them not to hurt anyone until the "chosen ones" have been "sealed". I don't think "God" would be threatening the earth with nuclear missiles when his professed mission is to save the survivors of The Tribulation and take them to a place of safety. More than that, these angels appear to be protecting the earth, "holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree". Nuclear missiles don't do that! But what does?

These four angels must be the four "cornerstones" of some kind of force field, standing at the four corners of the area, which are temporarily holding back something harmful, perhaps radiation or some other bi-product of the Tribulation. This field is to be kept in operation until the survivors have been "sealed".

Sealing can mean at least two things and the one John immediately thinks of is the one where a physical mark is placed on the object being sealed, as in placing a seal on a letter. He proclaims "till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads"

What would be the point of that! Would they have their names printed on their foreheads so that they didn't have to introduce themselves to the rest of the travellers in The New Jerusalem? Is it a sort of identification to be inspected by the guards at the gates of The New Jerusalem. Let's be serious now!

Can you think of any valid reason to be physically marked? Having your name tattooed on your forehead makes as much sense as having the Number of the Beast tattooed on it. It isn't going to happen! So what other meaning could "sealed" have?

"Sealed" can also means wrapping something up to protect it, like sealing up a packet which has been opened, before putting it back in the fridge. It protects the object against infection or deterioration.

What if "sealing the chosen ones" means protecting them in some way? They wouldn't be sealed in polythene, of course, but what about inoculating them against new viruses, which they may not have encountered on earth? It may also be to prevent them from spreading infection to the crew. Infections from unknown and not previously encountered viruses could be fatal to either party.

So does this make more sense?

Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have inoculated the servants of our God. And I heard the number of them which were inoculated: and there were inoculated one hundred and forty four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel - before they entered The New Jerusalem.

I think it does! Once they were inoculated they could go into the ship and then, and only then, could the force fields be switched off. Whatever they were holding back no longer needed to be restrained.

Chapter 14

AMERICA DESTROYED IN THE TRIBULATION?

Revelation Ch.8

After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was made bright with his splendor.

_2 And he called out with a mighty voice, "_ _Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great_ _! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul and hateful bird; 3 for all nations have drunk the wine of her impure passion, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich with the wealth of her wantonness."_

Babylon could not fall in the End Times because it disappeared a long time ago. Babylon is symbolic of money, the world of commerce and banking. It was the first city to develop money as a commodity to be traded and borrowed for commercial gain. So this prophecy appeared at first to suggest a possible collapse of the banking system, or at least a very severe recession where "merchants weep and no one buys their goods anymore"

A few years ago a collapse of the banking system would have been unthinkable. In 2012 however, with the Eurozone and worldwide financial crisis and some banks already having failed, a complete collapse of the banking system is a frightening possibility. However, as we read further this prophecy does not appear to refer to the banking system. It is more frightening even than a collapse of the banking system!

We have seen from a previous chapter, the vision of the harlot riding the beast, that Babylon was identified as being America. That does not necessarily mean that the interpretation here is the same, so let us read further with this possibility in mind to attempt to decipher the actual meaning of the prophecy.

Revelation continues:

_4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,_ _"Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins_ _, lest you share in her plagues; 5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities._

6 Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double draught for her in the cup she mixed. 7 As she glorified herself and played the wanton, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning. Since in her heart she says, 'A queen I sit, I am no widow, mourning I shall never see,'

_8 so shall her plagues_ _come in a single day_ _, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she shall be_ _burned with fire_ _; for mighty is the Lord God who judges her."_

_9 And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and were wanton with her, will weep and wail over her when they_ _see the smoke of her burning_ _;_

_10 they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, "Alas! alas! thou great city, thou mighty city, Babylon!_ _In one hour has thy judgment come_ _."_

_11 And the_ _merchants of the earth weep and mourn_ _for her, since no_ _one buys their cargo any more_ _, 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels and pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, all articles of ivory, all articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls._

_14 "The fruit for which thy soul longed has gone from thee, and all thy dainties and thy splendor are lost to thee, never to be found again!" 15_ _The merchants_ _of these wares, who_ _gained wealth from her_ _, will stand far off, in fear of her torment,_ _weeping and mourning_ _aloud._

_16 "Alas, alas, for the_ _great city_ _that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, bedecked with gold, with jewels, and with pearls! 17_ _In one hour all this wealth has been laid waste._ _"_

_And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all_ _whose trade_ _is on the sea, stood far off 18 and cried out as they saw the_ _smoke of her burning_ _, "What city was like the great city?" 19 And they threw dust on their heads, as they wept and mourned, crying out, "_ _Alas, alas, for the great city_ _where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth!_ _In one hour she has been laid waste_ _._

20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!"

Having already identified Babylon in a previous chapter as the USA this prophecy now appears to deal with the destruction of America. But there is also the possibility that the destruction described is that of the World Trade Centre in 2001because references "to loss of trade" and "destroyed in one hour" would equally describe the events of 911, especially having regard to John's penchant for over-exaggeration and having described the fall of the twin towers as "the fall of the city". Here the emphasis has switched from the USA or Babylon, to the "great city" which could be New York or even the World Trade Centre.

But consider the appeal to the Jewish people to "come out of her my people"; which might appear to be a call to leave the USA and return to Israel; but not really relevant to leaving the World Trade Centre, or even New York.

Now read the passage again, with special note to the highlighted parts: why there is this antipathy towards the USA, which is a staunch ally of Israel, is a puzzle. And whether this prophecy should be listed as "fulfilled by 2012" or "still awaited" is in doubt!

Revelation continues:

_21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So shall Babylon_ _the great city_ _be thrown down with violence, and shall be found no more;_

_22 and the sound of_ _harpers and minstrels, of flute players and trumpeters_ _, shall be heard in thee no more;_

_And a_ _craftsman of any craft_ _shall be found in thee no more; and the sound of the millstone shall be heard in thee no more;_

_23 And the_ _light of a lamp shall shine in thee no more_ _;_

_And the_ _voice of bridegroom and bride_ _shall be heard in thee no more;_

For thy merchants were the great men of the earth; and all the nations were deceived by thy sorcery. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth."

Remembering that John previously referred to the World Trade Center as "the city" and here is quoted "Babylon that great city" not great "country", it is still possible that this is a prophecy already fulfilled, and refers to the destruction of The World Trade Centre, not of the USA as a whole. After the attack it was certainly "thrown down and was no more" a strange metaphor for a country.

Now look at all the unique references in the final part of this chapter above. It would be true of all buildings destroyed that: The light of a lamp shall shine in thee no more, but it does suggest a building rather than a country. But the most interesting, relevant and convincing quotes listing what will not be found any more, are the last three and these would all uniquely apply to The WTC

1) A craftsman and a craft shall be found in thee no more. This is a direct reference to trades/trading

2) The sound of harpers and minstrels, of flute players and trumpeters, shall be heard in thee no more

3) The voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard in thee no more.

The restaurant in the World Trade Centre was called "Windows on the World and was famous for its special events, especially weddings.

The WTC was also a famous center for concerts and the reference to harpers, minstrels etc., is obviously very relevant in describing it.

Let us hope that the latter interpretation is the true interpretation of this prophecy!

Chapter 15

THE TRIBULATION

A WORLDWIDE NATURAL DISASTER – OR NUCLEAR WAR?

Revelation 8v1

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 Then I saw the seven angels (screens) who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

3 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer; and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne; 4 and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God.

5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth; and there were peals of thunder, voices, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. 6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them.

7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, which fell on the earth; and a third of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea; 9 and a third of the sea became blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

The burning mountain has been interpreted by many as a large asteroid or comet hitting the earth but it is possible to envisage a similar scenario which would account for most of the quoted effects, without the asteroid actually colliding with the earth.

A large asteroid passing close to earth would have been seen apparently "falling into the sea" but in reality would have been disappearing below the horizon, as it passed by the earth.

Asteroids not only have debris following them but usually push a swarm of small bodies in front of them. These would have arrived before the asteroid and would have fallen to earth as meteor showers (hail and fire mixed with blood falling to the earth). After the asteroid disappeared below the horizon, the earth might then pass through the "tail" of the debris being swept along with it.

This could have contained all kinds of dust as well as larger bodies. Red dust, containing oxides of iron, would have turned the waters red, into what would appear to be blood and would have poisoned the water. As the earth passed through the debris following the asteroid, there would have been sizeable pieces of rock, some too large to be burned up in the earth's atmosphere and these could have fallen as large stones.

(10) The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of water.

11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died of the water, because it was made bitter.

12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice, as it flew in mid-heaven, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets which the three angels are about to blow!"

The "Star" falling to earth could be a second, smaller asteroid being swept along in the tail of the comet and this has struck the earth, whereas the main asteroid has passed by. The impact would throw up immense clouds of dust which would obscure the sun, moon and the stars and could poison the water of the rivers. But could this account for turning the waters "wormwood"?

Some theories suggest that this prophecy has already been fulfilled, because "wormwood" is the translation of the Ukrainian word "Chernobyl". The waters were made "bitter" by the radioactive fallout from the explosion at Chernobyl. However, I disagree for a number of reasons.

Firstly, The Book of Revelation is concerned only with Israel and the continuing conflict with its Arab neighbours. The Ukraine is of no interest to Israel in these prophecies, especially so because, to date, no one in Israel has died from radioactive poisoning or fallout from Chernobyl.

Secondly, Chernobyl did not "fall into the sea like a burning torch". The reference to Chernobyl or "wormwood" is only to indicate that the bitterness in the water was from the sort of contamination which was spread by Chernobyl, in other words, by radioactivity

If we substitute a nuclear missile for the second falling star, then the radioactive effect becomes more obvious. The missile would be named "wormwood", synonymous (in the end times, after Chernobyl had happened) with the notion of "radioactivity". The waters would have been made bitter with the radioactive fallout and many men would have died from drinking it. A nuclear explosion would also have caused enormous clouds of dust to be thrown up, which would have obscured the sun, moon and the stars as would the impact of a meteor.

What is obvious is that that there are two different prophecies here. The first is a collision or "close encounter" with an asteroid and the second a direct hit by either a smaller asteroid or a nuclear missile.

For the moment we have no idea which alternative, if either, is true. Based on our previous observations, prophecies are never clear until they have already been fulfilled.

Chapter 16

HARVESTING THE EARTH.

Revelation 14v14

Then I looked, and lo, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat upon the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe."

16 So he who sat upon the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped. 17 And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

18 Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe."

19 So the angel swung his sickle on the earth and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God; 20 and the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine press, as high as a horse's bridle, for one thousand six hundred stadia.

One has to say that John often has difficulty in deciphering the visions and we have to ignore some of his claims and look beneath the surface! Whatever "the angels" had in their hands, they were not sickles! The meaning of this revelation is obscure.

If taken literally, the rest of the population of the earth is butchered. Not a pleasant idea, even if they are to be resurrected later and not one which you would expect of a benevolent being who has returned to take us to safety!

It probably just means that the inhabitants of the earth are being "collected", being transported up to the ship which will take them to their new home. Let us hope this is the correct interpretation!

Chapter 17

A GREAT AERIAL WAR - TO COME - OR ALREADY PAST?

Revelation 19v1.

1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great harlot (USA) who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants."

3 Once more they cried, "Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever." (possibly another exaggeration as it appears that it might relate to the smoke on 9/11) and it certainly did not go up forever!

4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying, "Amen. Hallelujah!" 5 And from the throne came a voice crying, "Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great." (More nonsense!)

6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; 8 it was granted her to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure" --for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.

Now this is quite interesting. The Lamb has always been understood to be Jesus but who would be his wife – clothed in fine linen!! Jesus is not married as far as we know. Who is he going to marry, or have we misunderstood something?

We earlier saw Tony Blair referred to as "the lamb" in his association with George Bush at the time of 911 but it can't be him because he got married in 1980 and the wedding being discussed here is in the future, at the time of the arrival of The New Jerusalem.

9 And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are true words of God." 10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God." For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

This worshipping business is all nonsense. The "angel" rebukes John about falling on his knees and worshipping him. There is no way the whole crew would worship the captain!

11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed which no one knows but himself.

13 He is clad in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, followed him on white horses.15 From his mouth issues a sharp sword with which to smite the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron; he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, King of kings and Lord of lords.

17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly in midheaven, "Come, gather for the great supper of God, 18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great."

19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who sits upon the horse and against his army.

20 And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had worked the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.

21 And the rest were slain by the sword of him who sits upon the horse, the sword that issues from his mouth; and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

A "white horse in Heaven" means a white aircraft in the sky, which makes war and "judges" the other nations. The United Nations would fit this definition. There are many countries represented in the United Nations Assembly (many diadems on its head) and it attempts to control every nation (with a rod of iron), in the best interests of all nations (of course).

There are many aircraft (white horses) in the air and, as is usual, they are described as having a sharp sword going out of their mouths, (cannons) which smite the enemy with fire and blood. All the pilots are clothed in white suits and there is a name inscribed, which no one but he himself knows. As far as John is concerned, the name inscribed could be as simple as "United Nations" or "USAF". It would be a name which no one of his time knew or understood, even if they spoke the same language!

The UN or US forces defeat the "beast" (their Arab foes) and the planes (birds) "gorge themselves on the flesh" of their opponents. This seems to be another battle in the air which is won by the USA or the UN. But has it already happened, or is it still to come?

Since the airborne war of 1990/91, in The Gulf War, when Satan was cast down, has already been described, this could be a future war. If it is a previous one, we cannot immediately identify it because there is nothing unique happening by which to do so.

Chapter 18

THE ANGEL WITH THE LITTLE BOOK – A PRACTICAL JOKE?

Revelation 10

1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.

2 He had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land, 3 and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring; when he called out, the seven thunders sounded.

4 And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down."

5 And the angel whom I saw standing on sea and land lifted up his right hand to heaven 6 and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there should be no more delay, 7 but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God, as he announced to his servants the prophets, should be fulfilled.

8 Then the voice which I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, "Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land." 9 So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little book; and he said to me, "Take it and eat; it will be bitter to your stomach, but sweet as honey in your mouth."

10 And I took the little book from the hand of the angel and ate it; it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter. 11 And I was told, "You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings."

The mighty angel, coming down wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, his face like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire, initially sounds like a craft of some kind landing, with smoke and fire coming from the tail as it lands.

However, this cannot be the case. It cannot be a vision, because John could not take a book, or anything else, from a vision. This must be one of the "crew," whom John considers to be angels and it must be actually happening in the control centre. But how does this "angel" have one foot on the ground and the other on the sea?

Right at the beginning, when John was describing the control centre, he described a "sea of glass in front of the throne" and we interpreted this as being the main "screen" of the cabin, which would have been in a vertical position.

However, if this "sea of glass" was not a "screen" but actually part of the floor in front of the throne, then the "angel" could have been said to have had "one

foot on the land (floor) and one on the sea (of glass).

Whatever is in the angel's hand, it is obviously not a book, because he would not have been invited to "eat it". I have a strange notion that the "little book" is a bar of chocolate and John has eaten it without realizing that it should first be unwrapped. If he ate it without removing the foil, it would certainly be "sweet in the mouth but bitter in the stomach".

This is not a prophecy, because it says nothing about the future. It is just something happening in the control centre. Is the "crew" having another "laugh" at poor John's expense?

Chapter 19

THE FOUR ANGELS BOUND AT THE RIVER EUPHRATES

Revelation9v12

The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphra'tes."

15 So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of mankind.

The identity of the four angels, bound at the great river Euphrates which could kill a third of mankind, sounds suspiciously like missiles but there are sources which claim they are the four countries Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey.

If they are missiles, there are only four of them. They must be massively more powerful than anything used in the Gulf War, if they are able to "kill a third of mankind".

However, allowing for John's tendency to exaggerate, 1/3 of mankind probably does not mean 1/3 of the entire world but probably 1/3 of a certain region, possibly Israel. Since the Gulf war is over and there is no record of these powerful missiles being launched up to February 2012, this must remain a possibility as a prophecy still to be fulfilled.

It is worrying to have read recently that Iran, which borders the Euphrates, now has enough material to build 4 nuclear bombs and has rockets capable of reaching the UK and the east coast of the USA. Since we are edging towards conflict with Tehran over its nuclear policy and with Russia having strong interests there, one can only hope that this association is incorrect. Perhaps the 4 angels will be identified as something less dangerous than expected in due course.

_(16) The number of the troops of cavalry was_ _twice ten thousand times ten thousand. (200 million)_ _I heard their number._

17 And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulphur, and the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur issued from their mouths.

18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulphur issuing from their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and by means of them they wound.

20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot either see or hear or walk; 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their immorality or their thefts.

This is again describing aerial warfare but the number of troops involved, twice ten thousand times ten thousand, (200 million) is quite unimaginable as an army.

200 million might refer to the population of the countries taking part in the war and this would be more credible. The fact that this would rule out the participation of the USA, whose population alone is more than 200 million, rather indicates a more localized war, perhaps involving Israel and its middle east neighbours, although it is difficult to imagine America not getting involved in a war involving Israel, unless this is after America is destroyed by a comet or other disaster!

Epilogue

Whatever the prophecies mean which have not yet been fulfilled, there is no point trying to decipher them because, as we have seen, they cannot be understood until they have happened. We can only wait to see them fulfilled, one by one, and know that when all have been fulfilled, the final prophecy will come to pass.

Whether there will be a final calamity before the arrival of The New Jerusalem, or whether its arrival intercedes to avoid, or mitigate the effects of the anticipated apocalypse, no one knows, but it does seem that some serious incidents are still to come before the end!

What is certain is that virtually all, the prophecies due to happen before the arrival of the New Jerusalem, have already come to pass. So we are now waiting for the time of The Tribulation and all the signs are that it will not be a long wait!

THE END

Or is it just The Beginning?

