21st Century View of Revelation - Parts 1-12

21st Century View of Revelation - Parts 1-12
A current understanding of God's plan for our time



Wherefore comfort one another with these words (1 Thessalonians 4:18).

The plan is to add one part a month. 

 21st Century View of Revelation
 1. Bible Chronology
 2. Revelation Views
 3. Daniel's Dream: America and EU in the Bible
 4. Seven Seals: Four Horses on the Run
 5. Seven Trumpets & Seven Wars
 6. Jewish Calendar & Our Time
 7. Fall Feasts & Prophecy
 8. China: World War III
 9. Russia: World War IV
10. Armageddon: World War V
11. Second Coming of Jesus Christ
12. Millennium: 1000 Year Reign


21st Century View of Revelation
Part 1: Bible Chronology



See 7000 Years, Bible Chronology.






Seven Year Rapture Window


Specific years are mentioned in this thread. This is not a prediction of the year of the Rapture or Second Coming. Put all of what is written in context with the rest of the thread. After God's time, seven churches, four horses, seven trumpets and other End Time prophecies are combined, we can better understand God's plan for our time.

Reference: Chronology of Man According to the Scriptures
Verse by verse chronology of the Bible with explaination.

Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
21stCenturyRevelation.com



21st Century View of Revelation
Part 2: Views of Revelation


• Preterist - Revelation is prophecy fulfilled primarily in the first century.
• Idealist - Revelation is an allegory of spiritual lessons and conflicts between good and evil.
• Historicist - Revelation is prophecy fulfilled during the Church Age popular during the Reformation.
• Futurist - Revelation prophecy in chapters 4-22 will be fulfilled in the future Tribulation, Millennium and New Heaven and Earth.

The Futurist is the majority view of Protestant Christians. It follows a literal interpretation of Scripture that teaches the future Rapture occurs before the seven-year Tribulation and Second Coming occurs before the thousand year reign of Jesus Christ on earth. Seals, trumpets and bowls occur sequentially within the Tribulation.

What happens when future prophecy becomes current events? We are at the end of the Church Age but see some prophecies already fulfilled. Here is a present or 21st century view.



Revelation 12 Signs

Since 2014, there were many signs in the sky. From 2014-2016, a series of solar and lunar eclipses occurred on Jewish days. August 2017 was the Great American Eclipse from Oregon to South Carolina. April 2024 is a future solar eclipse from Texas to Maine.

God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, seasons, days and years (Genesis 1:14).

Revelation 12 is taught as a parenthesis of the past birth of Jesus Christ and future Tribulation between the woman Israel and the red dragon. However, there is a literal sign of a woman in heaven. From November 2016 to September 2017, Jupiter traveled back and forth through Virgo for nine months. Then on September 23, 2017, the Sun covers the constellation Virgo and the Moon is under her feet. Nine stars of Leo plus "wandering stars" Mercury, Venus and Mars are the crown of twelve stars as the visible planets align.

There appeared a great wonder [sign] in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered (Revelation 12:1-2).

A second sign appears in heaven, a red dragon with seven heads. The seven crowns are seven stars of Corona Borealis. The dragon has seven serpent heads and parts of seven constellations that encircle the woman. In December 2020, ten meteor showers near Hydra dropped a third of the stars from the sky. Two Revelation signs are not the only prophecies fulfilled before the Tribulation.

Reference: Unsealed: Harpazo Finally Pictured In The Sky?




Seven Churches

Revelation was written to seven first-century churches in Asia Minor (Turkey). They are used to evaluate the scriptural health of present day churches. Prophetically, the churches are seven sequential periods of the Church Age starting at Pentecost. Laodicea is the seventh and last church period. The Church is lukewarm but God uses trumpet blasts to wake up His people and prepare the world for the Tribulation. The Laodicean period starts ~1900 and ends at the Rapture (Trumpets). Noah had 120 years before the flood, so we have about 120 years (Genesis 6:3). On September 14, 1901 (Trumpets), Teddy Roosevelt became the first president of the modern era.

I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea (Revelation 1:11).




See Revelation Views.

Seals, Trumpets, Bowls

The Bible is not sequential. For example, Genesis 1-2 describes the sequence of six days of creation, God rested on the seventh day and then God creates Adam and Eve. Like a spiral, the story goes back to day six for more details. Stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph are in order but their lives overlap.

Just like Genesis, Revelation goes from beginning to end but ordered by key topics that move the letter along. The book gives the outline of the past, present and future (Revelation 1:19) and like many Bible books, follows a chiastic structure. Notice the 6th and 7th seals, 7th trumpet and 7th bowl along with Ezekiel 38-39 list lightning, thunder, voices, hailstones, earthquakes, mountains and islands move. Seals, trumpets and bowls begin at different times but end at Armageddon.

6th Seal - I beheld when he [angel] had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places (Revelation 6:12-14).

7th Seal - When he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake (Revelation 8:1, 5).

7th Trumpet - The seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, voices, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail (Revelation 11:15, 19).

7th Bowl - The seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, thunders, lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague was exceeding great (Revelation 16:17-21).

Ezekiel 38 - For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, fowls of the heaven, beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep upon the earth and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone (Ezekiel 38:19-20, 22).






In a futurist consecutive order, there is seven seals ending with catastrophe, seven trumpets ending with catastrophe, and seven bowls ending with catastrophe during the Tribulation. In a present downward spiral, two witnesses occur in the middle with an earthquake (Revelation 11:13) Russia with radical Islam ends with an earthquake (Revelation 6:12-14, Ezekiel 38:19-20, 22) and 7th seal, trumpet, bowl are one grand finale of the Tribulation. The seals, trumpets, Antichrist, Tribulation, bowls and Armageddon end at the Second Coming.

At the end of the Laodicean period of the Church Age, we can see seven church periods, four horses on the run, five trumpet wars and the Revelation 12 signs fulfilled, a present 21st century Revelation view makes it clear. America is in the Bible. The Tribulation is just as horrific as God judges the world with two witnesses, seven bowls and three nuclear wars. However, God tells us His plan for our time as He works in the lives of His people to bring the message of redemption to the world.

Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
21stCenturyRevelation.com



21st Century View of Revelation
Part 3: Daniel’s Dream: America in the Bible

One of the most asked prophecy questions is, “Where is the United States in the Bible?” Most prophecy teachers say except “all nations” at Armageddon, Scripture is silent on America (Joel 3:2). However, the United States is in the Bible by many symbols, events, dates and results of our actions. God reveals his plan through specific details. Prophecy tells events of major end time countries. By the Second Coming, all nations fall so Jesus Christ reigns.

Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

Nebuchadnezzar had a dream and could not sleep (Daniel 2:1-2). He demanded the wise men tell him the dream and the interpretation or die. Daniel and his three friends were wise men so they prayed and asked God for mercy (Daniel 2:13, 18). That night, God revealed the dream and Daniel praised God.

Nebuchadnezzar saw a great statue with a head of gold, chest and arms of silver, stomach and thighs of brass, legs of iron and feet of iron and clay. A stone broke the statue into pieces and it grew into a mountain that filled the earth (Daniel 2:32-33, 34). Daniel gives the interpretation. Babylon is the current superpower followed by four weaker empires. From history, Babylon is the head of gold, Media-Persia is the chest and arms, Greece is the stomach and thighs of brass, Rome is the legs of iron and Tribulation kingdom is the iron and clay. Jesus Christ is the rock that struck the feet and broke the statue. He rules the earth during the Millennium.



Daniel’s Dream

Daniel had a dream. Four great beasts come out of the sea (Daniel 7:-3). Beasts are nations. The first was a lion with eagle’s wings. The second was a bear with three ribs in its mouth. The third was a leopard with four wings and four heads. The fourth was terrible and strong with iron teeth and ten horns.

The majority interpretation is the beasts of Daniel 7 repeat the stature of Daniel 2. The lion is Babylon, bear is Media-Persia, leopard is Greece, and terrible beast is Rome. This view existed before St. Jerome’s commentary written in ~390. Daniel 2 describes five nations while Daniel 7 describes three nations that merge into a fourth. In Daniel 8:20-21, the ram is Media-Persia and goat is Greece. Unlike other doctrines of the Bible, end time prophecy is better understood as we advance to the Tribulation.

A different interpretation is the beasts of Daniel 7 describe the feet of Daniel 2. These future kingdoms merge in the Tribulation (Daniel 7:17). The lion is the United Kingdom (Daniel 7:4). In 1588, the British defeated the Spanish and grew into a world power. At its peak, it ruled a quarter of the world so the sun never sets on its empire. The eagle’s wings are the United States. America was a colony of the United Kingdom but torn by the American Revolutionary War. The US is missing from the lion/bear/leopard (Revelation 13:2).

The bear is Russia, raised up on one side (Daniel 7:5). It has three ribs in its mouth which are three wars (World War I, II, IV) that devour much flesh. Germany is the leopard (Daniel 7:6). It has four heads (Holy Roman, German, Nazi, European Union) and two sets of wings (East and West Germany).

The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority (Revelation 13:2).



The terrible and strong beast is the Tribulation Beast (Daniel 7:7). It has the mouth of a lion. English is the most spoken language. It has the feet of a bear. Russia, like the Soviet Union, governs as a socialist dictatorship. It is a leopard. In 1945, Germany was divided but the wounded head was healed (Revelation 13:3). The European Economic Community became today’s European Union. As iron mixes with clay, Germany, Russia and United Kingdom merge into world government (Revelation 13:1). The woman Europa is world religion (Revelation 17:3). Ten horns are ten kings that give power to the Antichrist who rules the Beast (Revelation 17:12-13). The Ancient of Days (God the Father), gives the Son of Man (Jesus Christ) authority to rule at the Second Coming (Daniel 7:13-14).


Rise and Fall of the United States

The United States is in the Bible. Daniel describes the national symbol of the eagle which came from the lion of the United Kingdom, our birth date and fight for independence. Time is a part of God’s plan. He set the stars for signs in the sky with the birth of Jesus Christ and signs of the End Times (Genesis 1:14). Jewish feast and fast days mark many global events. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776 (Golden Calf - 17th of Tammuz). That is the first of over a hundred dates that correspond to Jewish days.

United States Symbols in the Bible
• Daniel’s Dream - Eagle’s Wings - Daniel 7:4
• Russian-Islamic War - Young Lions - Ezekiel 38:13
• Israel Protected - Great Eagle - Revelation 12:14

End time prophecy is as simple as A + B = C. A is America. The United States is the undisputed superpower. It is the leading economy, military, government, agriculture, innovator and culture in the world. It sends more missionaries and humanitarian aid to foreign countries. It is a member of the United Nations Security Council, Group of Seven economic leaders, NATO, the nuclear nations and Middle East peace. It uses its economic and military resources to spread democracy, improve human rights and increase wealth.

C is Christ and B is events that lead to the fall of all nations so Jesus Christ reins. We see the decline of America as China, European Union, Islam, Russia and the world waits to take our place. The Bible describes events that explain why America falls, who pushes us off the hill and who takes our place as superpower. Four horses describe a map of the world as it looks today and seven trumpet judgments tells the rise and fall of the United States.

The closer we get to the end of the Church Age, the clearer the picture becomes.

Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
21stCenturyRevelation.com



21st Century View of Revelation
Part 4: Seven Seals: Four Horses on the Run

21st Century Revelation‘s premise is that we are living in the End Times right before the Tribulation. Zechariah 1 and 6 describe four horses at rest during the Babylonian captivity. Today, we see some seal and trumpet judgments occur before the Tribulation. God gave prophecy so people living in the End Times can identify not only whose they are but when they are. Those who seek truth will find (Matthew 7:7).

I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. Then said I, O my lord, what are these? These are they whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro through the earth. ... all the earth sits still, and is at rest (Zechariah 1:8-11).

Revelation 4-5 describes the throne of our sovereign God and Creator of the universe. In His right hand is a scroll with seven seals, the title deed to earth. Who is worth to open the scroll? No angel or mere human was found worthy. Then John saw the Lion from the tribe of Judah as the Lamb of God. Because of His perfect sacrifice on the cross, Jesus Christ is worthy to inherit the earth.

They sung a new song, saying, Thou are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals: for thou were slain, and has redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, tongue, people and nation (Revelation 5:9).

In Revelation 2-3 Jesus Christ critiques characteristics of seven local churches. The churches also describes seven periods of the Church Age that begins at Pentecost and ends at the Rapture.

Four Horses of the Apocalypse

Revelation 6 and 8 describe seven seals. Four are called “Four Horses of the Apocalypse.” To understand the horses, focus on color and start with red.

Seal 2 - Horse of War (Revelation 6:3-4) One definition of red is communism and socialism. In 1462, Ivan the Great tripled the size of the Russian Empire. In 1848, Karl Marx wrote Communist Manifesto. The red horse took control of Russia in 1919 and China in 1949 and ran loose during World War I, World War II and the Cold War. After hibernating, the Russian bear is back to its old Soviet ways (Daniel 7:5).

Seal 3 - Horse of Trade (Revelation 6:5-6) In accounting, the opposite of red is black. The opposite of communism is capitalism. There is no famine but people live paycheck to paycheck. Wheat and barley are bought with a day’s wage (Matthew 20:1-2). In 1588, the British lion defeated the Spanish Armada and the empire grew to control a quarter of earth. After the World Wars, the United States eagle became the economic superpower. The eagle is on the US seal and pair of scales is on the Treasury seal.

Seal 4 - Horse of Death (Revelation 6:7-8) Bible translators have difficulty with chloros. See Chloros Horse Translations. Like communism and capitalism, this is a major world view. Chloros is translated green, the color of Islam. In 610, Mohammad founded Islam that spread to Spain by 711 and today controls a quarter of the world’s population (~1.9 billion). The green horse fought the black horse during World War I, Iran Hostage Crisis, Iraq Wars, Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

Seal 1 - Horse of Conquest (Revelation 6:1-2) Islam is false religion while the white horse is apostasy within the Catholic and Protestant churches. In 313 AD, Constantine proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire. By 380, Christianity was the official religion as church and state merge. The white horse was on the run during the Crusades and Spanish Inquisition but lost ground to other horses during the last few hundred years. The False Prophet combines apostasy and false religion into the 2nd Beast (Revelation 13:11-12).


The four horses of Revelation 6 fight but later unite by Revelation 13. At the beginning of his reign, the Antichrist merges communism, capitalism, Islam and apostasy into the one-world political, religious and economic system.

World Religions - Wikipedia


Christianity: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Islam (Sunni, Shi’ite, Other), Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Natural Religions, Other, Mix-Stripes

Look at the world map to see the horses today. The red horse of communism rules China and Russian. The black horse of capitalism rules Australia, Canada, India, United States and parts of Far East Asia. The green horse of Islam rules North Africa, Southeast Asia and Middle East. The white horse of apostasy rules Central Africa and Latin America. The European Union rules a mix of those views.

Four seals are fulfilled but three seals are still future.

Seal 5 - Martyrs (Revelation 6:9-10, 11) Martyrs faithful to God have been around since Cain murdered Abel. The martyrs in Revelation 6 are Saints redeemed during the Tribulation and wait impatiently for God to bring justice. They are given white robes and are told to rest for a while. God’s primary goal is to redeem the world but a secondary goal is to bring judgment against those who reject His Son and persecute His people.

Seals 6 & 7 - Second Coming (Revelation 6:12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 8:1-2, 3-4, 5) The final two seals occur at the end of Armageddon and the Tribulation. Seals, trumpets and bowls end with lighting, thunder, great hail, earthquakes as mountains and island move.

The Horses of the Apocalypse are on the run today before the Tribulation (Matthew 24:5-6, 7-8).

The book of Revelation is not sequential but a spiral of parallel events that have shorter time spans until the return of Jesus Christ. The seal judgments begin at the merger of church and Roman state. The seals, trumpets, Antichrist, bowls, Armageddon and Tribulation end at the Second Coming.




Since we are over one hundred years into the Laodicean period of the Church Age, we can see four horses on the run before the seven years of Tribulation begins. Next is the seven trumpets and seven wars. Wake up Laodicean church!

Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
21stCenturyRevelation.com



21st Century View of Revelation
Part 5: Seven Trumpets & Seven Wars


Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them (Isaiah 42:9).

The 6th trumpet ends after Antichrist kills the two witnesses who are later resurrected (Revelation 11:7, 14) and 7th bowl ends at Armageddon (Revelation 16:16). All others events are not directly associated with a time. Compare the 7th seal, 7th trumpet and 7th bowl. They are the same event linked by lightning, thunder, voices, hailstones, earthquakes, mountains and islands move (Revelation 8:1, 5, Revelation 11:15, 19, Revelation 16:17-18, 19-21). Revelation is not sequential but a downward spiral. Seals, trumpets, Tribulation, Antichrist, bowls and Armageddon begin at different times but end at the Second Coming (Revelation 19:19-20, 21).

Since four horses of red communism, black capitalism, white apostasy and green Islam are on the run before the Tribulation, when do the seven trumpets start? Scripture with history tells what. Jewish holy days and God's promises to Israel confirm when.


God put two keys in prophecy to unlock the trumpet judgments: Wormwood and Destroyer. These two proper names reveal specific events that align the seven trumpets. Chernobyl is Wormwood and Saddam is Destroyer. We complicate Scripture but God wants us to know.

Trumpet 1 - Earth (Revelation 8:7)

The 1st trumpet was World War I and judgment was against the earth. On August 1 (9th of Av) after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, Germany declared war on Russia. Central Powers fought the Allies in Europe, Africa and Asia.

John sees hail, fire and blood. Advances in artillery, especially machine guns, shoot a hail of bullets. There are many firsts: tanks, airplanes and anti-aircraft guns. Chemical weapons were used by both sides. This was the first modern war of land, sea and air. Trench warfare stretched 475 miles along the French and German borders devastating the earth. The war caused a third of trees and grass to burn up.

In 1917, the British issued the Balfour Declaration supporting a homeland for the Jews. On December 9, 1917, the lion miraculously captured Jerusalem from the Ottoman Turks without a shot fired (Isaiah 31:4, 5). Two days later on the 25th of Kislev (Hanukkah) British General Edmund Allenby walked into the Holy City. Many Jews return to their homeland (Ezekiel 37:11-12).

Trumpet 2 - Sea (Revelation 8:8-9)

The 2nd trumpet was World War II and judgment was against the sea. On September 1, 1939 (17th of Elul (Teshuvah), Axis Powers fought the Allies in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.

Since 63 BC, the Holy Land was ruled by Gentile nations. The United Kingdom voluntarily surrendered control of Israel. The United Nations divided the territory between Israel and Palestine. On the 5th of Iyar (May 14, 1948), the nation of Israel was born (Isaiah 66:8).

Trumpet 3 - Rivers & Springs (Revelation 8:10-11)

The 3rd trumpet was the Cold War and judgment was against fresh water. Red Communists fought Black Capitalist horses. On April 26, 1986 or the 17th of Nisan (Unleavened Bread), Chernobyl Reactor 4 powered down to test the backup generator but caused a catastrophic failure.

The city Chernobyl, Ukraine is translated Wormwood, a bitter plant in the sunflower or aster (star) family. John sees a star-like object falling from the sky. The reactor overheated causing a steam explosion that blew the 1000-ton lid off the reactor. A second explosion caused a graphite inferno which started the nuclear meltdown releasing uranium and plutonium about a mile into the atmosphere. The radioactive fallout was three hundred times Hiroshima. The Soviet Union evacuated 3.5 million people from Belarus and Ukraine and used 600,000 liquidators to contain the reactor. It rained in Europe and Western Asia for a week, poisoning fresh water.

After the fall of the Soviet Union and Iron Curtain, many Jews immigrated from Russia and Eastern Europe to Israel. Former Soviet countries opened borders to missionaries (Jeremiah 29:14).

Trumpet 4 – Heavens (Revelation 8:12)

The 4th trumpet was the Persian Gulf War (Iraq War I) and judgment was against the heavens. On July 31, 1990 (9th of Av) Iraq talks with Kuwait failed. Two days later, Iraq invaded Kuwait and Saddam Hussein threatened the Persian Gulf region.

A coalition of thirty-five countries moved over 500,000 troops into the Persian Gulf. The war to liberate Kuwait began on January 17, 1991 and ended on February 28 (14th of Adar, Purim). The Iraqi army retreated, setting 611 oil well fires. The sun, moon and stars were darkened by a third. The black smoke impacted the climate throughout the Persian Gulf, taking over eight months to extinguish the fires.

Despite Iraq’s attempt to bring Israel into the war, the United States persuaded them to be neutral. Thirty-nine Scud missiles landed in Israel but only two people were killed. Patriot missiles were used to intercept Scuds. God protected His people by an eagle (Psalm 91:4-6, 7-8)

Trumpet 5 - Unsealed (Revelation 9:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-9, 10-11)

The 5th trumpet was Iraq War II and judgment was against the unsealed. Iraq used chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq War and genocide of Kurdish Iraqis. After Iraq War I, the United Nations required long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction destroyed. By 1998, Iraq refused to cooperate but in 2002, they reluctantly allow UN weapon inspectors back. US and international intelligence agreed Iraq was developing nuclear weapons. After 9/11 attacks, the coalition decided on a preemptive strike to remove Saddam Hussain. On March 19, 2003 (15th of Adar, Purim), the Iraq War began.

John gives many details with the fifth trumpet. A star falls from heaven (bunker buster bombs), smoke out of the pit (oil trench fires), great furnace (Shock and Awe), they should not hurt the grass but the unsealed (Geneva Convention), tormented five months (Abu Ghraib), men seek death (dishonor is worse than death) and locusts, horses, crowns, men, women, iron, chariots, lions, scorpions type creatures (AH-64D Apache helicopters). Saddam means destroyer and he was literally found in a pit. He is a type of Haman (Esther 7:10, 9:14). Both men were hanged, sons killed and people judged for persecuting the Jews. Saddam was buried on December 31 (10th of Tevet, Babylon siege of Jerusalem) (2 Kings 25:1).

Israel was freed from Saddam the Destroyer (Esther 9:20-21, 22). Instead of turning to God, they turn to foreign alliances for protection. In 2000, Israel became an associate member of the European Union and later the Euro-Mediterranean partnership (Isaiah 31:1).

Five trumpets are past and two trumpets occur in the future Tribulation period (Revelation 9:12).

                                                                           Tribulation Timeline


Trumpet 6 - Humanity (Revelation 9:13-14, 15-16)

The 6th trumpet will be Iraq War III (World War III) and judgment is against humanity. The Euphrates River flows through Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq. Despite current politics, America will return for a third Iraq war. Since Babylon and Rome destroyed the Jewish temples and Germany and Iraq started wars, World War III may start on the ~9th of Av right before the Tribulation.

With over a billion people, China, India and Islam can assemble an army of 200 million. India does not have an aggressive nature. Islam does but Russia and radical Islam attacks Israel later (Ezekiel 38:3-4, 5-6). China plans to replace the US as the world’s superpower. World War III may start with Iran, North Korea, Taiwan or the China-US trade war that leads to Iraq. A huge dragon army crosses the Euphrates River, the war goes nuclear and a third of humanity is killed (~2.5 billion). Once China, India and the US are severely weakened, the German leopard, Russian bear and United Kingdom lion lead the EU (Revelation 13:2). World War III ends at the middle of the Tribulation (Revelation 11:14).

Antichrist will confirm the covenant to start the Tribulation (Daniel 9:27, Exodus 23:32-33). Israel gives up Judea and Samaria (West Bank) to Palestine but gains 3½ years of peace to build the third Jewish temple. They join the European Union and become a protectorate. When Antichrist takes power on the 10th of Nisan (Lamb Chosen), Russia and radical Islam fight a civil war (World War IV) against Antichrist to plunder Israel (Matthew 24:15-16, 21, Ezekiel 38:8, 12, Daniel 11:40).

Trumpet 7 - World (Revelation 11:15-16, 19)

The 7th trumpet is World War V or Armageddon. Toward the end of the Tribulation, Antichrist gathers all the world’s armies at the valley of Megiddo in northern Israel. War starts on the ~9th of Av. After sixty days, Israel is devastated as two-thirds of the people are slaughtered and half of Jerusalem is taken captive (Joel 3:2, Zechariah 14:2-3).

The 10th of Tishri (Atonement) is the Second Coming. Jesus Christ will return to earth, rescue the Tribulation Saints, redeem Israel and defeat His enemies (Zechariah 12:9-10, 13:9). The 7th seal, 7th trumpet and 7th bowl occur. By the 15th of Tishri (Tabernacles), all nations fall and Jesus Christ reigns (Revelation 21:3).

                                                  

Seven trumpet judgments of Revelation include:
•  Seven modern world wars (5 past, 2 future)
•  Political, religious and economic wars (white, red, black, green horses)
•  Weapons of mass destruction (atomic, biological, chemical weapons)
•  Occur on Jewish major or minor holy days
•  God wakes up Christians and redeems Israel.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised); and let us consider one another to provoke love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching (Hebrews 10:23-25).

Revelation Timeline: Spiral to the Second Coming


The book of Revelation is not sequential but a spiral of parallel events that have shorter and shorter time spans until the return of Jesus Christ. The Church Age began at Pentecost and ends at the Rapture. The seals began at the merger of Church and Roman State. The trumpet judgments began with World War I. Seals, trumpets and bowls end at the Second Coming. Since we are over one hundred years into the Laodicean period, four horses are on the run and five trumpets sounded before the seven years of Tribulation begins. We are so far into the End Times that we see Revelation being fulfilled.

References:

Irvin Baxter, EndTimes Ministry
Four Beasts of Daniel 7, Seals & Trumpets
www.EndTime.com

Bill Bonnet, Abdicate
Bible Chronology
Abdicate.net

Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
21stcenturyrevelation.com



21st Century View of Revelation
Part 6: Jewish Calendar & Our Time


Jewish Calendar
Hebrew4Christians - Calendar

Bible prophecy is about time and events. The disciples asked Jesus Christ and we ask the same question today: “When?” God’s Word has plenty to say about God’s time. Many historic events occur on Jewish holy days.

As he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world (Matthew 24:3)?

Jewish Calendar

• Day - Sunset to Sunset (Genesis 1:5)
• Week - 7 Days Ending on Sabbath (Leviticus 23:3)
• Month - New Crescent Moon 29 or 30 Days (Psalm 81:3)
• Year (Lunisolar) - 12 or 13 Months (Genesis 1:14)
• Religious New Year - 1st of Nisan (Exodus 12:2)
• Civil New Year - 1st of Tishri (Genesis 1:1)
• Sabbath Year – 7th Year (Leviticus 25:3-4)
• Jubilee Year – 50th Year (7 x 7 + 1) (Leviticus 25:10)
• 6000 - Rule of Humanity (50 X 120) (Genesis 6:3)
• Millennium - Reign of Jesus Christ (50 X 20) (Revelation 20:6)

Seven Holy Days

Seven feast days or appointed times God gave to Moses and the children of Israel are fulfilled in Jesus Christ (Leviticus 23:4).

1. Passover - Crucifixion - 14th of Nisan

The Passover lamb killed in Egypt was a prophecy of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who was crucified for the sins of the world (Leviticus 23:5, Exodus 12:3, 6, 13, John 19:14, 1 Peter 1:18-19).

2. Unleavened Bread - Burial - 15th-21st of Nisan

God made a covenant with Abraham, Israel left Egypt and Jesus was in the tomb (Galatians 3:16, Leviticus 23:6, Exodus 12:8, 41, Matthew 27:59-60, 1 Corinthians 5:7).

3. Firstfruits - Resurrection - 16th of Nisan or day after regular Sabbath

The children of Israel crossed the Red Sea and Jesus Christ rose from the dead (Leviticus 23:10, Deuteronomy 26:8-9, 10, John 20:1, 2, 1 Corinthians 15:20-22).

4. Weeks/Pentecost - Law & Holy Spirit Given – 6th of Nisan or 50 days after regular Sabbath

On the first trump, God gave the Law to Moses and Holy Spirit to the Church (Leviticus 23:16, Exodus 19:1, 16, John 14:26, Acts 2:1-2, 3-4). Pharisees count from the 15th of Nisan (High Sabbath) but Sadducees count from the regular Sabbath. The Church celebrates Sunday.

The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ and giving of the Holy Spirit were fulfilled on specific days in the past (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). The Rapture, Second Coming and reign of Jesus Christ will be fulfilled on specific days in the near future.

5. Trumpets - Rapture - 1st of Tishri

The Jewish civil new year is on the first day of first month in the summer/fall (September 4-October 6), the anniversary of the creation of the world and Adam. On the Day of Shouting, Jesus Christ resurrects and raptures the Church on the new crescent moon at the hundredth and last trump (Leviticus 23:24, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, 1 Corinthians 15:52, John 14:2-3). See Unsealed Discussion - The Feast of Trumpets: Rapture Day

6. Atonement - Second Coming - 10th of Tishri

Atonement is the most holy day in the Jewish year. When Moses returned from Mt. Sinai the first time, the Jews were worshiping the golden calf. When Moses returned the second time (Teshuvah), Israel accepted the covenant. At the Second Coming and great trump, Jesus Christ is the High Priest who redeems His people and Israel accepts their Messiah (Leviticus 23:27, 1 Chronicles 6:49, Hebrews 9:12, Matthew 24:31, Zechariah 12:10).

7. Tabernacles - Reign of Jesus Christ - 15th-21st of Tishri

Tabernacles is the celebration of the Jewish temple where God dwells. God the Father dwells in the tabernacle and temple, God the Son dwells with humanity and God the Spirit dwells within Christians. Tabernacles is the seven day coronation of Jesus Christ as King of Kings (Leviticus 23:34, 42, Isaiah 9:7, Revelation 21:3, Zechariah 14:16).

Minor Feasts

There are minor feast and fast days that become major days in history (Zechariah 8:19).

• Fast of the Firstborn - 13th of Nisan

On the day before Passover, the firstborn remember their deliverance from the tenth plague of Egypt (Exodus 12:23).

• Golden Calf - 17th of Tammuz

Forty days after Weeks or Pentecost, Moses returned from Mt. Sinai, saw the children of Israel worshiping the golden calf and became so angry that he broke the stone tablets (Exodus 32:19). This day begins The Three Weeks, a period of mourning that ends on the 9th of Av.

• Kadesh Barnea Rebellion - Judgment Day - 9th of Av

A year after God’s miraculous deliverance from Egypt, twelve spies were sent into Canaan to explore the land. Because of a lack of faith, ten spies rebelled against God, discouraged the people and they all wander in the wilderness forty years (Numbers 13:30-31). Later, Babylon and Rome destroyed the Jewish temples (2 Kings 25:8-9). Crusaders, England, France, Spain, Russia and Germany persecuted the Jews. World War I and Iraq War I began on this day.

• Teshuvah - Repent and Return - 1st of Elul-10th of Tishri

When Moses was on Mt. Sinai a second time, the people had forty days to repent and return back to God. Each year, the Jews ask forgiveness for sins against God and one another. It is better to judge yourself now than to be judge by God later (1 Corinthians 11:31-32). Teshuvah includes the month of Elul and Trumpets as preparation for Atonement (Exodus 34:1, 28).

• Ten Days of Awe - 1st-10th of Tishri

The last ten days of Teshuvah are Ten Days of Awe or Repentance. The Feast of Trumpets is two days, followed by seven days and the Day of Atonement. The days points to the Rapture, Tribulation and Second Coming (Jeremiah 30:5-7).

• 8th Day of the Assembly – 22nd of Tishri

After Tabernacles is the Eighth Day of the Assembly. God tells the people to stay an extra day with God (Leviticus 23:36).

• Rejoicing with the Torah - 23rd of Tishri

The study of the five Books of Moses concludes with Deuteronomy and begins again with Genesis (Joshua 1:8). Tishri is the beginning and the end. As Israel begins their Torah study so we begin our new life with the Word, Jesus Christ.

• Hanukkah - Feast of Dedication - 25th of Kislev-2nd or 3rd of Tevet

On the 15th of Kislev, 168 BC, Greek Syrian king Antiochus IV, attacked Jerusalem. Three years later on the 25th of Kislev, 165 BC, Jews recaptured Jerusalem and rededicated the temple. The oil for the temple menorah miraculously lasts eight days (Daniel 11:31, Luke 1:31, John 10:22). Mary conceived of the Holy Spirit during the Feast of Lights in Kislev and the Light of the World was born in Tishri.

• Babylonian Siege of Judea - 10th of Tevet

On the 10th of Tevet in 588 BC, the Babylonians began a thirty month war against Judah. On the 17th of Tammuz (Golden Calf) in 586 BC, they breached the walls of Jerusalem and on the 9th of Av (Kadesh Barnea) the Jewish temple was destroyed (2 Kings 25:1).

• Fast of Esther - 13th of Adar

Israel remembers God deliverance before the celebration of Purim (Esther 4:16).

• Purim - Feast of Lots - 14th-15th of Adar

During Ahasuerus’ reign over Media-Persia, evil Haman plotted to kill the Jews. However, God put Queen Esther and Mordecai in place “for such a time as this.” God protected the Jews while Haman and the Amalekites were killed (Esther 9:21-22). Iraq War I ended and Iraq War II began on Purim.

Israeli National Holidays

• Sheol/Holocaust Remembrance Day – 27th of Nisan
• Israeli Memorial Day - 4th of Iyar
• Israeli Independence Day - 5th of Iyar 1948
• Jerusalem Day - 28th of Iyar 1967 (Ascension)

There is an amazing correlation between seven Jewish feast days along with minor feast and fast days and seven trumpets of seven wars. World history is interwoven with Israel. Not all historic events are on holy days but too many events fall on Jewish days to just be a coincidence. God’s plan follows God’s time.


Four horses are on the run (Apostasy, Communism, Capitalism, Islam). Five trumpets have sounded (World War I & II, Cold War, Iraq War I & II). Iraq War III and Armageddon are still future. All seven trumpets and a hundred more events fall on Jewish holy days and have the fingerprints of God. The days God gave to Moses were fulfilled in Jesus Christ and fulfill God’s plan for our time.

References:

Bill Bonnet, Abdicate
Bible Chronology
Abdicate.net

Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
21stcenturyrevelation.com



21st Century View of Revelation
Part 7: Fall Feasts & Prophecy

God gave to Moses seven days that describe God’s plan of redemption. The Spring Feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits were fulfilled with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Weeks was fulfilled the day God gave the Law to Moses and the Holy Spirit to the Church at Pentecost. The last three feasts are fulfilled with the return of Jesus Christ. These days are the seven days of God.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3-4).

1. Teshuvah – Return & Repent

Before Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles, there is a time of Teshuvah. After forty days, Moses cut two tablets and returned to God a second forty days. Teshuvah means to repent and return. During the Hebrew month of Elul at the end of morning prayers, the shofar is blown. While Moses was on Mt. Sinai, the people wake up, review their lives and prepare for the high holy days. They repent of their sins to God and others and change their ways.

The Lord said unto Moses, Hew two tables of stone like the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you broke. And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments (Exodus 34:1, 28).

2. Month of Tishri

The Jewish month of Tishri is the beginning and the end. It is the seventh month of the religious year but the first month of the civil calendar. Tishri means beginning. The first book of the Bible is Genesis or Bersheet or Aleph b'Tishri. Jewish tradition says Adam was created on the 1st of Tishri. God created the world in six days and He rested the seventh so man rules 6000 years and then Jesus Christ rules 1000 years. When time comes full circle, Tishri is the beginning and end of time.

In the beginning [On the first of Tishri], God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1).

3. Feast of Trumpets

Feast of Trumpets - Synagogue Service
Feast of Trumpets – Synagogue Service (2:54)

The Feast of Trumpets is on the 1st of Tishri. It literally means the day of shouting. The shofar or trumpet is sounded a hundred times and the last trump is called Tekiah Gedolah. Rosh Hashanah or the new year begins after the first sighting of the new crescent moon. Lunar months are 29 or 30 days and set by observation, so no one knew the day or hour until two witnesses saw the first sliver of the moon and testified before the Sanhedrin. This September, the Jewish year is 5779 but because of a ~214 year error, there are about 5993 years from creation. The Feast of Trumpets is fulfilled at the resurrection and rapture day.

See Unsealed Discussion - The Feast of Trumpets: Rapture Day.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).

4. Day of Atonement

The Day of Atonement is on the 10th of Tishri and is the most holy day of the year. After forty days, Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the second set of tablets at the end of Teshuvah. This is the only day the High Priest enters the temple’s Holy Place. He sacrifices a ram, bull and goat then sprinkles the blood on the Ark of the Covenant. This is a day of national repentance and forgiveness for the sins of Israel. The Jewish people observe a twenty-five hour fast of food and water. Atonement is fulfilled on the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn (Zechariah 12:10).

5. Feast of Tabernacles

The Feast of Tabernacles is from the 15th to the 21st of Tishri. It is a joyous celebration of the presence of God. On Tabernacles, the first Jewish temple was dedicated by Solomon and the Spirit of God entered the temple. God the Father dwelt in the tabernacle and temple. Jesus Christ was conceived on Hanukkah but was born on Trumpets or Tabernacles. God the Holy Spirit dwells within Christians today. During Tabernacles, the people live in booths. The Feast of Tabernacles is fulfilled when God the Son begins His reign on earth as God dwells with humanity during the future Millennium.

Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God (Revelation 21:3).

Watch Three Prophecies for the Rapture

Jesus Christ was born ~7-1 BC and cross was ~27-33 AD, then ~2027-2033 could be the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Subtract seven years and we are in a possible seven year rapture window (2019-2026) as God prepares the world for the seven years of Tribulation. Since we are at the end of the Church Age, watch three prophecies for the Rapture day.

1. Covenant

Ten days after the Rapture is the Day of Atonement. The Antichrist will confirm a covenant with Israel and the neighboring Islamic countries. We have seen many attempts to make peace by dividing Israel’s land. This covenant will cause the fall of the United States, the Tribulation and Armageddon (Joel 3:2).

He [Antichrist] shall confirm the covenant with many for one seven of years (Daniel 9:27).

2. China

Four horses are on the run and five trumpet wars are fulfilled. The sixth trumpet war is a 200 million army that crosses the Euphrates River. At the beginning of the Tribulation, there is a castropic nuclear war that kills a third of humanity (2.5 billion). China has the plan, aggression and population to become the world’s only superpower and challenges the United States, India and Far East. The United Kingdom lion, Russian bear and German leopard give power to the Antichrist to rule the Beast (Revelation 13:2, 17:12-13).

The sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice. Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, day, month, and year, to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred million: and I heard the number of them (Revelation 9:14-16).

3. Christ

After the beginnings of World War III with China and the covenant is about to be confirmed then Jesus Christ will resurrect and rapture His Church on Trumpets (1st of Tishri). It is not just any day but an emergency rescue mission. Christians are caught up and taken away before the Tribulation begins. Just like Noah, in seven days God will judge the earth (Genesis 7:4).

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump (Tekiah Gedolah): for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (Revelation 15:51-52).

Fall Feasts Are Future Days of Christ's Return

The seven days of God are God’s plan for the redemption of humanity and the return of Jesus Christ. Four days were fulfill on exact days so three future days will be fulfilled on exact days in the month of Tishri. Trumpets is the Rapture, Atonement is the Second Coming and Tabernacles is the reign of Jesus Christ.

Let no man judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the reality is Christ (Colossians 2:16-17).

Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
21stcenturyrevelation.com



21st Century View of Revelation
Part 8: China - Red Army of World War III

We are at the end of the Church Age and can see into the Tribulation. It is so close. Seven church periods are ending, four horses are on the run (apostasy, communism, capitalism, Islam) and five trumpets have sounded (World War I & II, Cold War, Iraq War I & II). So the next big event is the beginnings of the 6th trumpet.

End time prophecy follows a simple mathematical equation: A + B = C. A is America, C is Christ and B is the prophetic events that describe the fall of all nations so Jesus Christ reigns. The United States is leader of the black horse of trade; the powerful engine that builds the global economy but eagle’s wings are missing (Daniel 7:4, Revelation 13:1-2). Since America falls, what country knocks us down and who takes our place as superpower? Like a row of dominoes, line up nations and events in the proper order and see God plan for His world.

The sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice ... saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, day, month, and year, to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred million: and I heard the number of them (Revelation 9:13-14, 15-16).


The United States is the only superpower. China, European Union, India, Islam and Russia want to replace us. Four countries and two unions are 70% of the population. The 6th trumpet is a war that describes a 200 million army that kills a third of humanity (~2.5 billion people). Three powers can assemble such a large army. India has ~1.38 billion people but is not aggressive. Islam, the green horse, has ~1.8 billion people, is aggressive but not united. Russia and radical Islam (Iran, Libya, Turkey, Sudan) fight Israel in Ezekiel 38-39. China with ~1.4 billion people has the army, aggression and plan to become superpower and rule the world. World War III is the 6th trumpet, as China fights the United States.

China is a developing superpower. It is the most populated country, member of the United Nations Security Council, G-20 leading economic countries, BRIC emerging economies and the nuclear club. Their economy is second to the United States. Financial success results in a better standard of living for some citizens but not greater personal liberty. Problems exist with overpopulation, workforce aging and seniors because of the one-child policy.


A growing Chinese economy invests in debtor nations while improving missiles, satellites and cyber warfare. China’s Belt and Road Initiative builds roads, rails and sea ports in 70 countries. The "string of pearls" controls choke points of Panama and Suez canals with ports from Africa to South East Asia. This is a direct threat to India and United States. The military builds islands in the South China Sea. With an expanding economy, they are more dependent on oil from Iran, Iraq, Russia and Saudi Arabia.

China never lets a good crisis go to waste. They devalue the yuan to manipulate their currency. This increases exports to America and limits imports to China. Greedy corporations search for new markets and cheap labor but China takes technology and censors negative media. Huawei 5G telecom was banned in the US because of national security issues. China steals trade secrets, intellectual property, while hacking governments and corporations. They started the coronavirus pandemic, influenced the World Health Organization while covering up the disease. China is a much bigger threat to the United States than Russia or Islamic terrorism.

While the United States military shows weakness, China fights to control the world. Except for the collapse of the Roman Empire, war always precedes a change of superpower. The trade war of Southeast Asia grows into a hot war between the red horse of China and the black horses of the United States, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Revelation 9 describes the end of the Church Age and the first war of the Tribulation. The red dragon army crosses the Euphrates River.

Before going nuclear, there is a divine rescue. On the 1st of Tishri (Trumpets) in September or October, Jesus Christ grabs His children. The context of the Rapture is the beginnings of the 6th trumpet. Like Noah and Lot, God rescues His people before judgment begins (Luke 17:26-27, 28-29).

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).

Two major events occur near the beginning of the Tribulation: China and the Covenant. World War III begins between the 9th of Av (Kadesh Barnea) and Tabernacles (July-October). The Covenant starts the Tribulation on the 10th of Tishri (Atonement) as the war worsens. The battlefield expands from China to India and Iraq. China's army marches to the Euphrates River (Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq) and takes control of oil in the Middle East causing the global economy to crash. The US blames China for the disappearance of ~50 million citizens (Rapture). The war goes from tactical nuclear weapons to MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction). China, India and United States sustain the most casualties (~2.5 billion). The 6th trumpet ends 3½ years later in Nisan (April) as the United Kingdom lion, Russian bear and German leopard gives power to the Antichrist (Revelation 11:14, 13:2, 17:12-13).

                                                            Tribulation Timeline


Seven trumpets are described in Revelation 7-8, 11. Since World War I and II, Cold War, Iraq War I and II are described as five past trumpets, then Revelation 9 describes a literal physical nuclear war not just a spiritual war of angels/demons or allegory. The sixth trumpet is the next war.

We are the Bereans, Bible students and watchers. We sound the alarm and proclaim God’s Word until He comes. Those awake, watching and expecting our Messiah will be the first to know (Luke 2:25, 36).

If the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand (Ezekiel 33:6).

Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
www.21stcenturyrevelation.com



21st Century View of Revelation
Part 9: Russia - Leader of World War IV

Although Russia has been in the news, China is the huge red army of World War III. Control of the South China Sea and America’s weakness may start World War III but fighting quickly spreads to China, India, Pakistan and all the way to the Euphrates River in Iraq. China, India, United States and Far East have about half of the world’s population. With five nuclear powers, the war may start conventional and cyber but then go nuclear. Revelation 9 says a third of humanity (~2.5 billion people) will die (Revelation 9:15-16). Then Russia is the leader of World War IV.

The beast [European Union] which I saw was like unto a leopard [Germany], and his feet were as the feet of a bear [Russia], and his mouth as the mouth of a lion [United Kingdom]. And I saw one of his [seven] heads [or nations - Germany] as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast (Revelation 13:2-3).

The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989 and on December 25, 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev passed power to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. He transformed the socialistic economy by increasing crony capitalism and profited from changes. Most of government businesses transferred to friendly Russian oligarchs. Yeltsin needed a successor to ignore his corruption. Former KGB agent and St. Petersburg mayor’s deputy, Vladimir Putin, became Yeltsin’s hand-picked successor.

Putin became president on December 31, 1999. The Russian bear finished hibernating and went back to its old Soviet ways. He took corruption beyond Yeltsin, making billions. Despite term limits, he went to prime minister then back to president. The European Union and Russia played tug-of-war with Georgia and Ukraine. In 2008, Georgia leaned west so Russia invaded Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In 2014, the Russian friendly Ukraine president was ousted with western help. Putin retaliated by annexing Crimea and invading Ukraine. In 2015, Russia intervened in the Middle East to help Syria and united with Nuclear Iran and Turkey.

2021 We have liberated Gaza, but have we recognized Israel? Have we given up our lands occupied in 1948? We demand the liberation of the West Bank, and the establishment of a state in the West Bank and Gaza, with Jerusalem as its capital – but without recognizing [Israel]. This is the key – without recognizing the Israeli enemy on a single inch of land... We will not recognize the Israeli enemy. "
---- Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahhar, Future News TV, June 15, 2010, Source: MEMRI.org

                                                             Tribulation Timeline


World War III occurs during the first half of the Tribulation. China, India and United States decline and Europe becomes the new superpower. The Russian bear joins the German leopard and United Kingdom lion to rule the world. The lion’s mouth is English, the bear’s feet are socialism and the leopard’s wound healed when East and West Germany unite in 1990. The weak European alliance lasts about three years.

We face growing threats from revisionist powers as different as China and Russia are from each other, nations that do seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models, pursuing veto authority over other nations’ economic, diplomatic and security decisions.
---- US Secretary of Defense James Mattis, January 2018

When you shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso reads, let him understand:) Then let them which are in Judaea (West Bank) flee into the mountains (Matthew 24:15-16).

In April at the middle of the Tribulation, ten kings give power to the Antichrist. He creates a political, religious and economic world power. When he sits in the third Jewish temple, those in Judea must flee (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). Putin’s Russia (Gog, prince of Magog) joins with a radical Islamic alliance that includes Iran, Libya and Turkey to attack Israel (Ezekiel 38:4-6, 8). Their goal is to wipe Israel off the map and take their wealth (Psalm 83:4-5, 18). This civil war defies Antichrist’s power. Jerusalem is a burdensome stone (Zechariah 12:2-3). This may include the destruction of Damascus (Isaiah 17:1) and Aswan dam flooding the Nile in Egypt. (Ezekiel 29:9-11). Jerusalem is a burdensome stone (Zechariah 12:2-3). World War IV lasts about three years as Russia suffers a devastating loss (Ezekiel 39:2). The war transitions from Russia and Islam to all nations attacking Israel at the battle of Armageddon in northern Israel (Revelation 16:16).

At the time of the end shall the king of the south [Islamic nations] push at him [Antichrist]: and the king of the north [Russia] shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over (Daniel 11:40).


Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
www.21stcenturyrevelation.com



21st Century View of Revelation
Part 10: Armageddon: World War V

The Tribulation lasts seven years and there are three major wars. World War III is the 6th Trumpet between China, the United States and India (Revelation 9:14-16). World War IV is Gog and Magog when Russia and radical Islam (Iran, Turkey, Libya) attack Israel (Ezekiel 38:2-3, 4-5). Finally, World War V is Armageddon.

He gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon (Revelation 16:16).

After Antichrist and the Russia-Islamic coalition fight, they unite against Israel. Earlier when Antichrist sat in the temple, the Jews reject Antichrist as leader (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). God pours out His bowl judgments. The 6th bowl dries up the Euphrates River. Then three demons from Satan, the Beast/Antichrist and False Prophet compel leaders to send armies to Armageddon. About sixty miles north of Jerusalem is Mount Megiddo. Throughout history, there were over forty battles there. The armies gather in the Jezreel Valley before attacking Jerusalem. All nations are represented by a coalition that fights Israel.

The sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon… For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty (Revelation 16:12-13, 14).

In Genesis 12, God promised to protect Israel and curse those who curse Israel. When the enemies of Israel attack, then Jerusalem is a burdensome stone that will slaughter those that attack the city. The battle is brutal for the Jewish people. Jerusalem will be plundered and captured but the people do not abandon the city.

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it (Zechariah 12:2-3).

Behold, the day of the Lord comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city (Zechariah 14:1-2).

Once Israel turns to God, the weak become as strong as David and the house of David become as strong as God. The enemies will be in confusion and their horses blind. Then God will destroy the armies that attack Jerusalem.

In that day, says the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God. In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. (Zechariah 12:4-5, 8-9).

All seven trumpets have an element of atomic, biological and/or chemical weapons. At Armageddon, while the enemies stand, their bodies incinerate and they become dead men. This is the effect of an atomic bomb. Then Israel is rewarded by plundering the silver and gold of their enemies.

This shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance (Zechariah 14:12, 14).

The angel thrusts the sickle and the wrath of God harvests the earth. The devastation of Armageddon is described as a blood river flowing 180 miles by five feet deep.

No weapon formed against you will prosper (Isaiah 54:17).

The angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of [180 miles] (Revelation 14:19-20)

The end of the Tribulation comes with the 6th seal, 7th seal, 7th bowl and 7th trumpet. These judgments describe the lightning, thunder, hail and earthquakes as part of the Second Coming on Atonement.

• 6th Seal - Revelation 6:12-13, 14
• 7th Seal - Revelation 8:1, 5
• 7th Trumpet - Revelation 11:15, 19
• 7th Bowl - Revelation 16:17-18, 20-21
• Gog & Magog: Ezekiel 38:20, 21-22

Seals, Trumpets, Bowls

Notice the sequential order of Revelation. Seals, trumpets, Tribulation, Antichrist’s rule, bowls, Mystery Babylon and Armageddon start at various timess and overlap. The Tribulation is the bitter scroll that begins after Revelation 10:10-11. The 7th seal, 7th bowl and 7th trumpet occur at the end of Armageddon at the Second Coming.

Armageddon is the last battle and war of the Tribulation. All nations attack Israel and victory seems within their grasps. Everything seems lost for the Jews but God is faithful to His people. The Tribulation reminds us that even while judgment happens, mercy and grace is still available. The vast majority of people continue their rebellion against God but Israel and a remnant of Tribulation Saints choose to stand with God. At the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, all nations fall and Jesus Christ reigns.


Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
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21st Century View of Revelation
Part 11: Second Coming of Jesus Christ

The Tribulation lasts seven years and there are three major wars. World War III is the 6th Trumpet between China, the United States and India (Revelation 9:15-16). World War IV is Gog and Magog when Russia and radical Islam (Iran, Turkey, Libya) attack Israel (Ezekiel 38:2-3, 4-5). World War V is Armageddon (Revelation 16:16). During the last 3½ years, the Unholy Trinity of Satan, Antichrist and False Prophet reign (Revelation 13:1-2, 11-12, 16-17) and war moves to Israel and Jerusalem. The Tribulation ends at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven (Acts 1:11).

The Tribulation ends with the Battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16). Antichrist unites all nations of the world against Israel as they gather at the valley of Megiddo. Although the fighting lasts about two months, it will be brutal. Half of Jerusalem is taken into captivity but the city remains. Two-thirds of Israel dies but one-third survives (Zechariah 13:8-9). The armies of the Antichrist will have greater causalities (Revelation 14:19).

On the 10th of Tishri (Atonement), Jesus Christ returns to earth. During His first coming, Jesus enters Jerusalem riding a donkey as suffering Savior. During the second coming, Jesus rides a white horse as conquering King. He gathers the Saints in heaven and on earth to witness the events unfold but the battle is the Lord’s.

I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God (Revelation 19:11-13, 14).

Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other (Matthew 24:30-31).

Jesus Christ returns to Bozrah in Jordan first for Judah (Isaiah 63:1-2, Zechariah 12:7). Then He will stand on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem as the mountain splits creating a great valley.

His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south (Zechariah 14:4).

The Tribulation is a time of choosing: follow God or Antichrist. God’s purpose is the redemption of humanity. Despite judgment from God, grace and mercy are still available. Jesus returns to Jerusalem, Israel sees His wounds and believes. Followers of Antichrist see Jesus and mourn but without repentance. On Atonement, the High Priest enters the Holy of Holies and offers a bull, lamb and goat for Israel’s sin but on this day, Jesus returns as the High Priest and Israel is saved physically and spiritually.

I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn (Zechariah 12:10).

I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God (Zechariah 13:9).

There is lighting, thunder, earthquakes and hail described in the 7th seal, 7th trumpet and 7th bowl (Revelation 8:1, 5, Revelation 11:15, 19, Revelation 16:17-18, 20-21). Antichrist (Beast) and False Prophet are captured and thrown into the Lake of Fire. The city, Mystery Babylon, falls, the army of Antichrist is defeated (Revelation 14:15, 19) and Satan is bound for a thousand years (Revelation 20:2).

Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army. But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur (Revelation 19:19-20).

Jesus Christ returns at the Second Coming to rescue the remnant of Israel and Tribulation Saints, defeat the Antichrist’s rebellion and set up His kingdom. Tabernacles is the coronation of Jesus Christ as King of Kings. He restores the earth, sets up His kingdom for the Millennium and judges the nations.

Before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left (Matthew 25:32-33).


Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
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21st Century View of Revelation
Part 12: Millennium: 1000 Year Reign of Jesus Christ

Revelation is confusing but God gave prophecy to understand His plan for our time. There are 6000 years of human rule and 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ. Four horses are on the run and five trumpets are sounding before the Rapture. Many prophetic events occur on holy days on the Jewish calendar.

The Tribulation lasts seven years and there are three major wars. World War III is the 6th Trumpet (China, United States, India). World War IV is Gog and Magog (Russia, radical Islam, Israel). World War V is Armageddon. War moves from China to Iraq and Russia to Israel and Jerusalem. During the last 3½ years, the Unholy Trinity of Satan, Antichrist and False Prophet reign. At the Second Coming, all nations fall and Jesus Christ reigns during the Millennium.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory (Matthew 24:29-30).

                                                             Tribulation 

At the Second Coming, Jesus Christ returns with the Christians, redeems Israel and defeats the Antichrist’s army. Antichrist and False Prophet are thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 19:19-20). Satan is bound for a thousand years (Revelation 20:1-2). Then the Old Testament Saints and Tribulation martyrs are resurrected to reigns with Jesus Christ.

I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years (Revelation 20:4).

Tabernacles is the 15th to 21st of Tishri. At the coronation, Jesus Christ takes His throne as King of Kings. He organizes the glorified Saints to rule the nations. There are thirty days to mourn the dead (Deuteronomy 34:8) and forty-five days to judge the nations (Matthew 25:31-32). This period is from Atonement to Hanukkah.

From the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days (Daniel 12:11-12).

At the beginning of the Millennium, there are three groups. The condemned are followers of Antichrist that took the mark, are judged and sent into eternity (Revelation 13:16). The glorified Saints are Old Testament believers, Church Age Christians and Tribulation Saints (Revelation 20:6). The survivors did not take the mark but live through the Tribulation (Matthew 25:31-32). Jesus Christ reigns with the glorified Saints over the survivors and their children.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed (Isaiah 65:17, 20).

During the Millennium, Jesus Christ removes the curse and restores creation so the lamb feeds with the wolf. Then Jesus Christ reigns a thousand years on earth.

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox (Isaiah 11:6-7).

At the end of the Millennium during the perfect reigns of Jesus Christ, humans still sin and rebel in their hearts against a holy God. Satan is let loose to test the people. Mortal humans are given a choice to follow God or Satan. War breaks out but ends quickly.

When the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth…. Fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone (Revelation 20:7-8, 9-10).

The dead are resurrected for the Great White Throne judgment. Those who refused to accept God as Savior and Lord are judged on works. No one apart from the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross is good. Then all sin, death and the grave end.

I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:12, 14-15).

God’s 7000 year plan ends with the Millennium but that is just the beginning. God creates a new heaven and a new earth (Revelation 21:1-2, 4). The greatest story ever told is God’s plan of redemption and His return to tabernacle with humanity.

Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God (Revelation 21:3).


Robert Cook
21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars
A current understanding of God's plan for our time
www.21stcenturyrevelation.com