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It is probable that another group of people having heard the anointed disciples warning of the prophesied destruction of Jerusalem and the significance of the events leading up to it, heeded the disciples warnings to get out quick during this interim period. If inhabitants of Jerusalem they would have moved away, if not, they would make sure they steered well clear of it and not attended any interim Jewish festivals held in Jerusalem after the first siege ended.
The spirit adoption period of recruitment had likely already finished by the end of 66. These other ones identified by their positive actions in fleeing were not of the anointed group but could well be described as part of the 'other sheep' referred to by Jesus in John 10:16, where he said they would also listen to his instructions.
These ones although not part of the Kingship recruits and therefore not bound by the conditions of the contract to a self-sacrificing death, could place themselves in line to receive an early earthly resurrection within the 'rest period' as earthly citizens of the kingdom. In fact from 66 CE until now persons endeavouring to follow God's directions by listening to Jesus' words and acting on them theoretically could also find themselves part of this 'other sheep' class.
Once the start date for the period of the 'final part' had been identified by these events, discerning ones could also examine Daniel's time prophecies which he linked to this identified start date for the final things, the end of December 66. Once the date was identified then the following events that would occur in the 'final part' of the end of the Jewish system could be anticipated (Daniel 12:8).
The three time periods plotted by Daniel
all commence to run from this date. Jesus had recommended his disciples
carefully examine and take account of them. According to Daniel
these time periods all start simultaneously on the 9th time cue, the
end of December 66 CE each ending with significant events.
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The second a period of 1,335 days
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Bible prophetic time calculations are based
on the Lunar 30 day month and a Lunar year not our 365 day solar
year. A key in understanding these bible time calculations is provided
in the book of Revelation in chapter 11:2-3. It refers to a period of 42 months (three &
a half years) and then when referring to the same time period in verse 3 it equates it
as 1,260 days which is 42 x 30 = 1,260. In Revelation 12:6 a period of 1,260
days is referred to. The same period is described in Rev 12:14 this
time as 'times, time and half a time'. From internal bible references
most bible authorities equate a time as a year half a time as half
a year and times a two years, 'times, time and half a time' equalling
three and a half years or 42 months. In bible prophetic time calculations
containing days the following should be used.
1,260 days = 42 months or three and a half years.
360 days =12 months of 30 days or one years.
30 days = One month.
The first time prophecy is a period of 1,290 days (Daniel 12:11) = 3 years 7 months.
The second time prophecy is a period of 1,335 days (Daniel 12:12) = 3 years 8 1/2 months.
The third time prophecy is a period of 2,300 days (Daniel 8:14) = 6 years 4 months 20 days.
For three years following the withdrawal of the Roman armies, those listening to 'Jesus voice' by means of his disciples separated themselves from the inhabitants of Jerusalem and fled the city. According to Josephus' account during this period civil war was continuing within Jerusalem. The warring factions had developed into three opposing divisions. These warring factions were tearing the nation apart. After some three years of this anarchy the Romans return, Titus marches against the city with four legions of the Roman army. The 'desolating thing' that causes destruction had now returned, as had been warned. (A full account on these events can be found at appendix 100?)
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THE FINAL PERIOD
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Once again those who follow this life saving
advice get out of the doomed apostate religions of Christendom
and the world political system. These ones are not further
recruits to the 144,000 kingship positions, these positions have
all been filled by now. The 2,000 year Kingdom contract with its additional
three and a half year maturity pay out period ended in October 2036.
Their appearance from this time on as a group, according to the Revelation
occurs after the complete number of the selected anointed group
have been sealed.
Revelation 6:11 says: "A
little while longer, until the number was filled also
of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about
to be killed" and Revelation 7:3 says: "Do not harm
the earth until after we have sealed the slaves of our God in
their foreheads, and the number of those sealed was 144,000"
verse 9 continues "AFTER these things I saw..a great crowd which
no man was able to number out of all nations and tribes and peoples
and tongues". It is the last few remaining of these sealed ones
still alive and active on the earth that are being used to give out
this warning to members of Christendom to get out before it is too
late!
A GREAT CROWD EMERGE FROM A TIME OF WORLD DISTRESS
This tribulation sign of Jesus had a first application between 66 and 70 when the Jewish nation underwent great tribulation at the hand of the Romans. But this sign did not undergo a complete fulfilment that time, Jesus had described the event as the 'world's greatest tribulation' to have ever occurred in history. The destruction of Jerusalem was never the greatest of distresses to ever have occurred. Several world catastrophes have resulted in far greater distress and death than the Romans' destruction of Jerusalem (i.e. the flood, the 1st and 2nd World Wars). This supports the understanding of a second greater application of this tribulation sign still to come, one greater than any previous world distress.
When this distress period
starts in the 21st Century, it will be the greatest crisis the world has
ever experienced. Interestingly, Jesus says the days of this greatest
of world disasters would have its duration cut short, in order to preserve
the last remaining ones of the anointed Kingdom representatives living
on the earth during that time. This remnant group of the 144,000 living
through the tribulation was role played by the apostle John, this last
remaining apostle was preserved alive in order to live through this tribulation
period of 66 to 70 (John 21:18-19).
GET OUT!
After all the world's religious,
political, and commercial organisations have been removed
in the Armageddon war, the world's greatest distress until
then will be over. The Kingdom administration will then be
ruling not only the Heavens but also the Earth. The 'great
crowd' of survivors will have the unique opportunity of
forming a nucleus of Kingdom citizens on the Earth. Just how many
or how large this group of 'other sheep' is, we are given
no data, except for the description that it is a 'great unnumbered
crowd'. The opportunity for this group to 'get out' and organise
themselves around the remaining Kingdom representatives lasts for
a little over 3 years, until the eighth beast, which withdraws its
initial attack on in December 2066, renews it again according to the
parallel in April 2070.
Returning to the first century
pattern, we find throughout this three year period discerning
persons heeding the advice of Jesus' disciples to flee
Jerusalem while the opportunity presented itself. During these
three years, civil war had been simmering within the walls of
Jerusalem. The inter warring Jewish factions had developed
into three main opposing divisions, a triangular civil war situation.
The city of Jerusalem had become so divided and full of violence
that the ordinary citizens wanted rid of the rebelling fanatics.
CHRISTENDOM SPLITS INTO "THREE PARTS"
By the 6th of April 70 the Roman armies, under Titus, had returned in full force against Jerusalem to lay siege to it and finish what had been started in 66. No further escapees could flee once this siege was set, the escape period was over. Titus decided to starve the city into surrender by sealing it off entirely with a five mile long siege wall of stakes surrounding the entire city walls. Famine soon became acute; the number of bodies brought out through just one of the city gates, 115,000 corpses in 2 1/2 months, Some claimed that as many as 600,000 corpses had been thrown out by this time. The bodies were now piling up in heaps. On the 5th of July (14th of Panemus/Tammuz, ref' Josephus VI-2:7) Titus ordered his troops to destroy the foundations of the Antonia in order to make an easy attack route for his legions.
Titus ordered battering rams up to the western
side of the temple outer courtyard and setting fire to the temple
gates. On the 31st of July (10th of Lous/ Ab, ref' Josephus VI-4:5)
the Roman troops probably out of spite and contempt, set fire to
the temple buildings. The rebels then fled the temple for the city,
to carry on the fight from there. The Romans having now captured the
temple areas carried the standards of their legions into these courtyards
and made sacrifices to them.
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THE DESOLATER RETURNS
During the first performance, the Roman armies under Titus returned on the 6th of April 70 to put down the Jewish rebellion at Jerusalem. These armies laid siege to the city, cutting off any further escape for the citizens. The internal fighting factions in Jerusalem joined together to face this destructive common foe, fanatical in their conviction that God is fighting on their side.
Plotting these events and dates into our 21st Century parallel template, on the 6th of April 2070, the contemporary desolating Roman armies in the form of the eighth world power, after three years interruption, renews its attack on the rebellious Christendom. The multi-national forces of the 8th world power besiege the great city Babylon the Great along with its internal warring factions. From now on the opportunity to escape Christendom's approaching destruction has ended. Following the pattern, the internal conflicting elements of Christendom unite to face this attack, renewed after a three year delay. The attack becomes progressively fierce as they too refuse to compromise, believing that God is on their side.
The first 1,290 day period
of Daniel can now be plotted. The 'constant feature',
the sacrifices made by the Jews on behalf of the Romans, had
been stopped in August 66. Roman armies arrive to stamp out
the rebellion. The 1,290 days started its first run with the
withdrawal of the Romans from Jerusalem on the 31st of December
66. This allowed escape from the city until the reappearance
of the Roman destroyer some three years later. The renewed attack came
on the 6th of April 70 leading to the Romans destroying the
Jewish temple and its religious system on the 31st of July 70;
1,290 days after the armies had first withdrawn.
CHRISTENDOM'S 'CONSTANT FEATURE' STOPPED
On the 31st of July 70 the Roman armies after inflicting terrible casualties on the Jews, destroed the Jerusalem temple. The desolating Roman armies then stood in the holy place, the place where the temple was. The Jewish religious system centering around the sacrifices and festivals performed at this temple was brought to its end. It was now beyond any dispute that their claims of being a nation exclusively in contract with God were false! It confirmed that God had 34 years earlier torn up their contracts. These lapsed Jewish contracts were worthless to them. The point had finally been battered home.
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On the 31st of July 70 (10th of Lous/Ab) the Roman armies finally destroyed the temple, the 'desolating thing' now stood in the holy place and destroyed it. The Jewish religious system centred round the sacrifices and festivals performed at this temple were brought to their end once and for all time.
From the end of December 66 to the end of July 70 can be reckoned as 3 years 7 months or 43 months of 30 days each; 43x30 = 1,290 days, according to Bible reckoning. Daniel's time sign and history fixes the start point of the 'final part of the end' when the Roman armies under Cestuis withdrew December the 31st of 66 CE 1,290 days after this the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the now returned Roman armies on the 31st of July 70 (Daniel 12:8,11).
The war was not yet over; after the temple
was burned the Roman troops turned their attention to the
rest of the city of Jerusalem. They burned and ravaged the lower
city, 10,000 Jews were caught and executed. The remaining rebels even at this dire stage, would not
concede to the terms of Titus' surrender, taking refuge in the
upper city, including Herod's palace still remaining in their control.
The Romans once again built earth ramps to attack the upper city.
They started building their assault ramps on the 10th of August
(20th of Lous/Ab), after eighteen days these ramps were completed,
on the 27th of August (7th of Gorpiaeus/Elul).
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The Revelation describes
this final destruction of the apostate Christian world religions. Starting
at Revelation 17:16-17 it says: "The eighth beast,
will hate the harlot (Christendom) make her devastated and
exposed, eat her body and burn her with fire, because God
put it into the political beast's heart to do this".
Revelation 18:8 tells us: "In one short period Christendom
suffers death, morning, famine, and complete destruction, because
God had judged and executed destruction on her" . It
has taken Christendom some 1,900 years to build up its world wide
riches and influence with a membership of more than a billion,
more than a quarter of the world's population, yet in just four
months it is destroyed and its riches plundered (Revelation
18:17).
THE CONCLUDING FINAL PART OF THE WORLD SYSTEM,
The Romans breached the upper city walls and burnt the houses. By the evening of the 28th of August (8th of Gorpiaeus) the whole city was burning. Over the next couple of weeks prisoners were winkled out and rounded up, 97,000 in all, with according to Josephus; 110,000 dead. If the 115,000 corpses taken out through one of the gates, he referrd to, are added to this, we get a total figure of 225,000 dead, (Josephus figures).
They pulled down the walls of the city to their foundations to prevent any possible repeat situations. The city and temple, after burning were both completely demolished. Titus finally held a three day feast for his troops, commended his most courageous, and promoted any worthy officers.
Just 45 days after the temple is burnt, the rest of Jerusalem had been destroyed and plundered, prisoners taken, rebels ferreted out and executed. The Jewish administration system from their capital city Jerusalem had now been completely wiped out.
By mid-September, with the war over, cleaning up completed, and peace restored, Titus leaves for Caesarea. This brings to an end the second time period of Daniel the 1,335 days, marking the 'final part of the end' has now come round. The 1,335 days counting from the same starting time when the Roman armies under Cestuis withdrew at the end of December 66 concludes with the city of Jerusalem being destroyed by these same returned Roman armies. Any former inhabitants of Jerusalem who had got out earlier survived and arrived alive to see this date. They could be described as 'happy' they had fled and survived these desolation’s not being destroyed with the 225,000 who died in this war of Jerusalem. (Daniel 12:12).
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Any rebels of the Jewish resistance who had managed to escape from the siege of Jerusalem, retreated to final pockets of resistance setting up last ditch defences around the Dead Sea areas. One of the very last of these to hold out was the famous hill fortress of Masada overlooking the dead sea. Nearly three years after the Roman armies had returned to lay siege to Jerusalem and destroy it, they now come against Masada and proceeded to lay siege to it.
When it looked like there was no hope
for the defenders, the final remaining 960 committed suicide.
The Roman armies marched into Masada on the 8th of April 73
(16th of Xanthicus/Nisan, ref' Josephus VII-4:1-2) and retook
the fortress they had lost to the Jewish Zealots back in 66.
After chasing fugitives and refugee bands, either capturing them
or driving them from the land, the curtain was finally brought down
on the Jewish nation and its resistance to the Romans on the world
stage.
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At Revelation 19:15-21 it
describes the Armageddon war: "The Word of God the
King of kings, rides a white war horse leading his armies.
From his mouth protrudes a sword that he uses to strike the nations".
The 8th world power and its associate nations of the earth with
their nuclear weapons gather to wage war with the one riding the
white horse and his army. The outcome is described from verse 20:
"The wild beast (the world's powerful political
nations, Russia?), its image (the UN?)
and the false prophet (the lamb like democratic world power
and allies, USA?). These earthly ruling organisations, while
still operating are thrown into the burning lake (totally
destroyed) the rest are killed off with the sword of the one
on the white horse" .
ARMAGEDDON CASUALTIES GO TO 'DEATH SLEEP'
None throughout human history
infected with the terminal Adamic disease, who died at
God's hand, whether at the flood, the destruction of Jerusalem,
Christendom or the world's nations at Armageddon, will have
had their life totally cut off. So long as they were not guilty
of committing the unforgivable sin, something up to now only
Adam and those ones of the spirit anointed could commit, they are
given a second chance. Death removes Adamic contamination, the
resurrection arrangement provides all mankind the opportunity to
choose who they support. It is over this issue of "choice" that they
will be judged. This opportunity comes for all who have been acquitted
of their sins through suffering the death penalty (Rom 6:7).
Jesus bought 'all' mankind this second chance to life when he presented
himself as a corresponding ransom for all (1 Tim 2:4-6).
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HAPPY THE ONE ARRIVING AT THE END OF 1,335 DAY PERIOD
EARTHLY KINGDOM THEOCRACY ESTABLISHED.
During the greater application all old structures controlling the earth's affairs will be crushed out by the armies of the King of kings. Following the transference of all outlawed spirit rebels held in Tatarus to the Abyss for imprisonment for a term of 1,000 years (Rev 20:1-3). The earth's territories will be taken over by the Kingdom which now rules un-opposed over all creation. The great crowd of survivors, along with the last earthly remaining anointed Kingdom representatives, become the nucleus of a new earthly theocratic system under this Kingdom government.
The next event scheduled will
be the amazing administration of the first earthly resurrection.
Between September 2070 and May 2073 this first earthly resurrection
of those approved could well take place. These ones are 'approved'
for an early resurrection because of their acts of faith and
positive actions in supporting God's theocratic arrangements before
they died. They may have lived at any time during the previous 6,000
years of human history. They now receive their reward, a privileged
earlier resurrection to human life, they enter into 'God's rest' period
of active service (Hebrews 4:1-11).
THE BETTER RESURRECTION
In order to make this earthly resurrection possible, Paul explains to other spirit anointed Kingdom heirs at Hebrews 11:39-40 "All these..did not get the fulfilment of the promise, as God foresaw something better for us, in order that they might not be made perfect apart from us". To accomplish the promised resurrection of these ones, God first organises the anointed ones, to not only take on the role of kings but also priests. As such these ones will have the authority to apply the resurrecting power of the ransom sacrifice and the value of their own individual sacrifices on behalf of all these others. So it is true when the apostle says "they would not gain their resurrection reward without the help of these former resurrected King-priests".
To wake out of death by means of a resurrection will not be a surprise for ones such as Abel, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Daniel, John the Baptist etc, it was their expectation. Having paid the death penalty for their Adamic and personal crimes, they will be resurrected with perfect physical bodies, not aged or degenerated ones, it would be impossible for God to authorise a remake of a partially corrupt body. Although resurrected with fully functioning healthy bodies their education and refining will need to be developed they will need to be brought up to speed and the present situation.
These earthly resurrected theocrats have already proved to be willing and co-operate with God's plans, yet they will need to be brought up to date on events that developed after they individually died (check Mat 22:31, Luke 14:14, John 5:29, John 11:24, and Acts 24:15). Once these this crowd of former witnesses have been resurrected they join with the Armageddon great crowd of survivors making up a single combined 'flock of other sheep' (John 10:16 Rev 7:9). Under the direction of the last earthly remaining kings, an earthly theocratic administration structure will be set up subject to the jurisdiction of the heavenly Kingdom government.
The territories of Israel were sold off and by mid May of the year 73 the Jewish homeland and territories had been rubbed out, nothing was left remaining of the entire Jewish system. God had completed what he had warned of, he had wiped their existence away, never again would Yahweh back this nation. No longer was any part of the sanctified Jewish religion, its national administration or territories left.
The third time period of Daniel marking the 'final part of the end' had come round, 2,300 days after the Roman armies under Cestuis had withdrawn at the end of 66, the complete Jewish system including its territories is wiped out (Daniel 8:14). Using bible reckoning 2,300 days amounts to 76 months (each 30 days long) plus 20 days, or 6 years 4 months 20 days, calculated from the end of 66 it brings us to the 20th of May 73. The old Jewish sacrificial arrangement was removed, a new sacrificial arrangement was over riding it. Removing all traces of the old, the 'new' could be said to have come into its rightful state, the full transition had taken place.
The stone built temple at Jerusalem, the centre of Jewish worship, is superseded by a new living stone temple, as Paul plainly pointed out some ten years before the temple was destroyed, he said at Ephesians 2:20 speaking to the spirit anointed Christians living in Ephesus "You have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, while Jesus Christ is the foundation cornerstone. In union with him, the complete building is being harmoniously joined together and is growing into a holy temple for Yahweh. In union with him you too are being built up together into a place for God to inhabit by spirit". This new 'living' temple, constructed with selected people is built in the heavens not on earth.
Jerusalem, the seat of Jewish administration
is to be superseded by a new heavenly city administration,
as testified by Paul some nine years before the city of Jerusalem
was destroyed. He said to some of the 'adopted Sons' at Hebrews
12:22: "You have approached Mount Zion..a city of the living
God, heavenly Jerusalem, and myriad's of angels in general assembly,
and the congregation of the firstborn who have been enrolled in
the heavens, and God the Judge of all". This new heavenly city
of Jerusalem, will eventually administer over every thing created,
or all creation.
The old symbols had now been cleared
away. In just over three terrible years, the Jewish nation had undergone
an entire annihilation, brought about in three stages.
First the Jewish religious system, centred
in the Temple was destroyed on 31st July 70.
Second its governmental and administrations
system completely wiped out by 14th of September 70.
Third and finally, the Jewish nation lost
all its land and territories by the 20th of May 73.
Everything that God had given to this
nation had now been stripped away.
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By the 20th of May 2073 this new temple or sanctuary arrangement is brought to
its condition of completion, constructed of recruited living
stones purchased from the inhabitants of the earth,
Daniel 8:14 says: "After
2,300 days the sanctuary (separated place) will be brought into
its right condition". Counting 2,300 days from
the 31st of December 2066 will see the 144,000 completed and fully
installed in the heavens, the last ones being transferred instantaneously
from human to spirit beings, then the 'set aside' number is sanctified
in the Kingdom government and it comes into its 'complete condition'
by the 20th of May 2037.
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